Originally Posted by
neville_nobody
So how does this all work in IMC? The departure/arrival/approach tracking alone is difficult once in cloud. You could make up some IFR Water Approaches and some SIDs & STARs but how low are they going to get you with all the terrain around? Not to mention the icing. Unless they are prepared to throw alot of money at this operation I doubt it will get off the ground.
There's at least one seaplane base with instrument procedures:
Greenville, Maine. But in Alaska, where floatplane operations are routine, even their busiest place, Lake Hood near Anchorage, doesn't have instrument procedures
AFAIK.