Javier Henderson wrote:
Hilton wrote:
Neil wrote:
3. "a flight plan was not filed for the cross-country flight"

Would that have made a difference?

Some pilots on this NG were asking if he was IFR.

I don't follow you. He could've asked for a pop-up clearance.

I'm not sure what you're not following, I simply cut-n-pasted from the
report; i.e. he had not filed, period. So no, he wasn't IFR, had no
instrument rating, and did not ask for a pop up (according to the report -
see my previous post for the link).

Hilton