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Old 8th Nov 2019, 13:57
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Originally Posted by le Pingouin
Correct. Why would we be? They're VFR so responsible for terrain and weather avoidance. If there's a problem speak up. We aren't mind readers and aren't looking out the aircraft windscreen. I see numerous VFR paints flying around when the weather seems totally foul, yet the ground isn't littered with crashed aircraft.
Maybe not, but there are definately more aircraft spread around outside airports after bad weather.... the amount of traffic taken into comparison...

Some pilots just does not know when to turn around...
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