But what is the POINT of plowing through an instrument approach when you can avoid it - 'just because you can'? Surely this is a rather arrogant attitude, and something which I as a PPL myself would avoid.
And OK, so the guy is VFR - but just look back through the AAIB reports and note how many collisions have occured in VFR as apposed to IFR conditions - good visibility does NOT necessarily mean that aircraft will see or avoid each other.
But that's not necessarily the issue, here - because even assuming that the VFR pilot CAN see the airliner on the ILS and is convinced that his airmanship is such that he can avoid a collision - should the guy watching on the radar or the pilot of the aircaft getting TCAS alerts just assume this is the case? Even if there isn't an accident, their careers (or lives) could have been on the line for not taking avoiding action - and all because some arrogant git wants to fly straight through the ILS at a conflicting hight 'because it's his right'.
But no doubt the little guy 'exercising his rights' thinks so WHAT if the airliner is forced to go around because of him, either to comply with ATC separation minima or airline policy regarding TCAS alerts - he's just as much right to be there, hasn't he? And HE knew there was no danger of a collision...
What a w*****r.
[ 01 March 2002: Message edited by: Girl Flyday ]</p>