BB wrote:
I have to say that I am astonished that a thread on a 'Professional' pilots' rumour network, even in the 'Private' (a.k.a. amateur) forum, entitled "Descending through cloud without a procedure" could have streched to 6 pages. The whole concept is wrong, stupid and, as Graham Hill, among others, discovered, ultimately fatal.
Surely the fact that the discussion has stretched to 6 pages shows that it isn't as clear cut as just being "wrong, stupid and ... ultimately fatal"?
What IO540, and others, are trying to do is to gather as much of an informed opinion as possible on something that you can't just pick up in a book. What with all the legislation, the old-school "you young kids with your fancy GPS don't know what you're talking about" and flying schools operating on ever tighter margins with shrinking numbers of customers, it's incredibly hard for people who enjoy flying to get good, useful and valuable information. So, whilst you're astonished the rest of us will go on trying to learn and happily debate the pros and cons of, say, descending through cloud using the various means we have of avoiding hitting the ground.