Well, I've just been having a look thru my rather old and battered Flight Crew Licences holder that DCA issued to me some years ago and I see that I have an SPL, PPL, CPL, SCPL, second class ATPL, first class ATPL, second class IR, first class IR, some flying instructor ratings, some sim instructor ratings, a few o/s licences and some other bits and pieces to do with Radio Telephone and Morse Code licences.
But, you know what?...I don't have one of those "common sense licence" thingies that some of you are going on about!
So, let's sort the men out from the boys shall we? The pros from the amateurs. Let's have a poll.
The question is..."In a non emergency situation would you land without an ATC clearance?"
Pilot licence holders to reply only please. With all due respect, any one without a licence doesn't have the knowledge or the experience to answer the question.
I'll go first...
NO.
