NoTimTams
Could someone enlighten me as to why VFR flight would not be allowed whereas IFR would be in such a situation (other than the fact that DS is at the yoke)?
Perhasp Smith is only telling
halfthe story. Perhaps the deciding factor in determining whether or not a clearance was available was not the VFR/IFR question, but whether or not a
flight plan had been filed.
The
workload for a controller in handling a non-flight=planned flight in the TAAATS environment is considerably more than that for a flight-planned flight.
There is no cost for filing a VFR plan, so even the $33.17 to ensure his family's safety mentioned previously would not come into play.
Smith claims that his family was endangered, but it seems that any 'danger' was the result of a half-truth and the exagerration of a situation for political gain.
So, Smith -the
truth this time - was it the fact that
you decided to call up 'out of the blue' without details that led to this supposed 'danger' to
your family? How do they feel about the way you conducted this flight?