Keef,
I agree with you. The point I was trying to make is that in the US "VFR on Top" is a specific type of IFR clearance (and you need PPL/IR to file and fly any IFR clearance).
However, in the US I belive it is perfectly legal to fly VFR without a PPL/IR above a cloud deck. Certainly when I was trained it was one of those "legal but not a good idea" items. In fact a decade ago flying VFR (i.e. not on an IFR clearance) above cloud decks and finding no hole was a prime reason for people air filing IFR flight plans to get back down (legal VFR flight above clouds - but not dumb because you can always file IFR flightplan and shoot the approach).
If there is a reg that prohibits flying VFR above a cloud deck (in the US on an FAA PPL) I would be very interested to know about it
Last edited by mm_flynn; 30th September 2003 at 05:05.