Originally Posted by
Torquetalk
You can’t be “in VFR”. The met conditions are either VMC or IMC. If LAX was IMC and he wanted a clearance to transit controlled airspace, then VFR would not be an option. It’s IFR or SVFR or fly around.
Yes, operating under VFR in VMC, requesting to continue on a VFR clearance. However, I'm not sure about your other statement and I've heard differing opinions on whether ATC can allow you to transit one area of their airspace under VFR, assuming that your entire transit route will be VMC, whilst the airport itself is reporting IMC. It doesn't really matter here because the issue is that he entered without a clearance at all, but I'm just wondering if this is clearly defined somewhere. I found a discussion of this on a controllers forum and even they were not in agreement.