I once watched a very young and green PPL working towards his CPL, depart my field for Point Cook, complete with unsuspecting parents on board, in 2km vis with cloud on the ground at the half way mark at the advice of a local Crop Duster / legendary pilot from the local area. He told the "student" to go "over the top" and use a DDTL approach (Dive Down and Take a Look).
Mentoring doesn't always work as I found out.
I knew what the weather conditions were as I just came from there (and shouldn't have).
Last edited by VH-XXX; 18th Sep 2008 at 05:18.