Are you sure he wasn't cleared NOT ABOVE 2000ft? (But it does sound like a bit of press-on-itis)
Yes, positive. He was cleared
at 2000', via the airfield overhead (which would have seperated him vertically from me, although no seperation is required from a VFR flight in Class D), and instructed to inform the controller if he was unable to maintain VMC at that level. It don't think it was press-on-itis (which implies he continued into weather he wasn't qualified to fly in). More a case of being qualified to fly IFR, and wanting to get his zone transit to avoid a few minutes routing around the outside (or even over the top, since the top of the zone in question is low enough to go over and icing wasn't a factor on that day).
AM and AlanM, your posts have backed up my own thoughts, but it's nice to get some outside views on the subject, thanks!
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