Originally Posted by
VMC-on-top
Do I really need to point out the utter stupidity of what this guy did?
Opposite direction to training area? As a student? into IMC? with no instrument experience (apart from an instructor flying through a cloud)? Near London TMA one assumes? for at least 4 minutes? presumably unaware of Notams, CAS, danger areas, restricted areas etc etc etc?
It just beggars belief what some people do, really. Its one thing to post on here saying I made a mistake and have learnt from it but the above just floored me. I can't really believe that anyone is going to try to defend this as "woops, I made a mistake" - its just downright stupidity, nothing more to be said.
I may or may not agree with you but that's not the point. The point is, where do you draw the line? Many "mistakes" are "stupid" in some way or the other, and in hindsight could have been avoided. If you make personal insults to people sharing experiences like this, it will make *everyone* more secretive, and that will be detrimental to flight safety.
Maybe the above example will cause a student reading it to abort a flight, recognizing it has similarities to the story shared?
Very sorry for the thread hijack.