Originally Posted by
Glacier pilot
Following your logic: Until the the pilot decided to climb ("over a layer"), he had two options at that time: 1) find a place and , in the vicinity, land or 2) or revert course and find a place to land...
No. Looking for a place to land in those circumstances is looking for the scene of the accident. Once he lost the opportunity to turn around, the smart money option is to climb straight wings level with George doing the flying, make the radio call, ask for radar vectors to the nearest airport with VMC, and then do what they tell you to do after that. Hands and feet off the controls, let George do all the hard work. All you need to tell George is the heading the radar controller told you to fly.