Originally Posted by Chilli Monster
A pointless exercise which is only going to make you look really stupid when I downgrade the service.
Not sure I agree with that. I've always felt that it was a pity that RAS is restricted to IFR.
Vectors may be refused for a variety of reasons by pilots of all qualifications. No one is going to fly through a CB, no one is going to fly into icy cloud without an out, no one is going to fly towards a gaggle of gliders that the controller doesn't see on radar, etc. Refusal of a vector that would take a non-instrument-qualified pilot into cloud is just another on the list. In most circumstances, VFR flights are conducted in a way that would allow any vectors to be accepted without flight in cloud -- the issue of terrain clearance is more likely to be problematic.