Originally Posted by
TheOddOne
This is generally taken to be a euphemism for lying, never a good idea. I think possibly what you meant was 'don't answer questions you haven't been asked'.
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TOO
That is correct be careful don't incriminate yourself.
One example we had was an accusation of low flying. The pilot was actual on route and was asked to stay down at 1000agl, due to inbound traffic to a close by military field.
The problem he was over an area used by a lot of Cessna 152s for training and I think there was a noise sensitive person in the area. An airline pilot.
So I discussed this with the pilot that a defence was as ATC had requested it for safety reasons he complied, the aircraft was a Cessna 177RG 36ft wing span and with supersonic prop tips and on full climb power it would have seemed very low and loud if taken for a 152. Practised a few times he contacted the CAA and we heard no more. No lies just the facts plus valid safety reasons and why it looked low.