IMCr
I wanted to ask those who have the IMCr rating for some of their advice, experiences and thoughts for someone (like me) who is near the end of their own IMCr
Do people use the IMCr just as a get out of jail card? Or do you look to exercise the privileges actively?
Equally, when flying into somewhere which has an instrument approach is it common practice to request to use this approach so as to gain more experience even in perfect conditions or do you fly the normal VFR procedure?
Can you say just rock up at Biggin on a perfect day and ask to use their ILS just to get more experience with him? Or does that just pi$s off a lot of people in an otherwise busy circuit?
My iphone has a lot of applications that tell you the cloud base etc but I still struggle to find where to expect the tops of cloud to be – no doubt this is on one of the met office sites, but if someone can direct me to a good reliable site that gives this information in English that would be greatly appreciated as well
Finally, on the use of GPS for approaches
I realise that this isn’t covered in the course but was curious as to what I can expect to get from gaining experience from such aids after gaining the IMCr. I mean how much can a GPS / auto pilot etc do for you / me / realistically in a general aviation sense?
I guess, how do you use your GPS in the real world to fly a standard approach in IMC?
Thanks for any input
Nick