Airmanship
Mr Purdey,
I notice from your last question to Mr Dixon that the question of Airmanship is still at the forefront of your mind?
From the tone of previous posts and you will see that I have come into this discussion at a late stage can I ask
1. Is it your assertion that if a pilot makes an inadvertent entry to unexpected cloud/IMC conditions that he/she should immediately climb to SA?
If your answer to the question is "yes" then we all need to look seriously at the way we conduct SAR / Ambulance/Police/SF ops and all the rest.
2. If in your experience the answer is "no, i'll assess the situation see if there are any gaps, can we go lower?, can we climb?, does it look brighter ahead?" How long would you wait before climbing to SA?
You may well have been around this buoy before, if you have; then I apologise, please indulge me.
with thanks
SMK