(C Kingsbury) wrote
On the other hand, I don't recall reading of any collisions due to MDAs
below Class E, so perhaps it's not much of a problem.

My CFII did bring the topic up once. I asked how he dealt with it. He
basically said, forget about it, there's three dozen things that
actually stand a chance of killing you, and this ain't on the list.

Yes - that was true as long as private IFR was a rare thing. Of
course by that logic, we don't really need to worry about collision in
IMC even without flight plans - and indeed that's about how it is in
the UK, and sure enough there haven't been any.

Now that we're encouraging everybody and his brother to get an
instrument rating and scud running has become a dirty word, this may
all change. I certainly warn my instrument students about the risk.

Michael