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Old 28th Feb 2021, 08:32
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Originally Posted by RVDT
?????? Would probably have been IFR in the first place so your point is..................?
When I was flying for a VVIP, quite a while back, I flew IFR when required but would always try to drop off my boss at his destination, weather permitting. So there were times after breaking off IFR, I flew very marginal VFR to achieve this but always had an out by climbing up and fly back to the nearest suitable IFR destination. I haven't looked at this trip specifically so not saying it is the case here, being California there probably is an airport with a suitable approach a 15 min drive of their destination but that wasn't always the case for me, more like a 1.5 hr drive at one of his holiday homes for instance.
Looking back at that, with now a lot of two crew experience, I know that it would have been a lot safer to have another trained pilot with me. And what is another pilot salary in the grand scheme of things for a multi millionaire?
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