Hi all, am a student for PPL(A), just brushing up on comms and procedures for my first solo land-away Saturday
and could do with a bit of clarification on something about Radar Advisory Service.
I'm using the JM Pratt PPL books, referring to the Comms one (which I passed a while back) reading about RAS, it says "...only available to aircraft operating under IFR...If the pilot is not qualified to fly under IFR, he should not accept an RAS where the controller's instructions might take the aircraft into IMC"
The first part is unambiguous - RAS cannot be given to a non-IFR flight.
The second part then seems a bit pointless. How can a pilot not qualified to fly under IFR accept a RAS regardless of whether instructions might take him into IMC or not?
Not that I'm going anywhere near controlled A/S this weekend but that one always confused me so thought I'd check it out.
Thanks!
Rob