Eh......................
So what's to stop an irresponsible, but qualified IR driver, complete with twin hours in training, scooting of into the grey and muggy yonder in an under-equipped single?
I did a job in Ireland some years ago and, upon leaving Galway on a very poor day en route to Dublin in an IFR twin, climbed to 5000ft, getting clear on top at about 4,500ft to hear a JetRanger driver doing exectly the same thing not more than 20 miles ahead of me, fortunately on a diverging track.
I learned afterwards he was intrument rated and alternating between a larger IR twin and the 206. It would hardly seem to matter what kind of training was carried out if such is the mind-set of the pilot, now would it?
Slightly off-thread but effectively preventing or making it extremely difficult for people to qualify is hardly an acceptable method of maintaining standards, now is it?
Last edited by heliski22; 4th February 2008 at 14:11.