tbc
I don't think anybody is necessarily suggesting 'planned' IFR transits. Though since the majority of these machines are also used in the offshore environment, clearly fuel capability can't be an issue!
What (IMHO) is worrying is the attitude of:
"If, like me, all you want is to be able to get through bad weather into clear air at times, then it seems a viable (and much cheaper) alternative."
This attitude can easily lead to an insidious reduction in safety standards!
Once you enter cloud, you need to know exactly what you are doing!
Again IMHO, it is not acceptable to be bumbling in and (hopefully!) out of cloud, when you have other people's souls aboard!
Quoting cost as an issue, is also difficult for me to reconcile.
Whirls: Please check you pms
Last edited by Tandemrotor; 31st August 2006 at 16:43.