I've suggested it before with not much agreement from folks but how about making SVFR unavailable as an option for 135 VFR only operations? I feel it would do more to prevent pilots who might be inclined to keep a special VFR clearance in their back pocket from pushing a formal, or more importantly, an informal risk analysis that points toward discression being the better part of valor and not flying. If you think this puts a straitjacket on the stick wiggler, anyone at any time is fully free to declaire an emergency for inadvertant IMC to do the right thing and "land the damn helicopter". If the wx situation was reasonable for the flight and the IMC was really not expected, an emergency declaration would be nothing more than a bit of paperwork or a phone call and would instantly garner any help ATC might be able to offer. Safe landing, handshakes all around, everybody goes home. It offers companies a chance to walk the talk about risk analyis and safety in general.
Last edited by roscoe1; 10th Feb 2021 at 04:19.