At the risk of sounding a pedant, I though that one could not fly VFR on top. To be operating under Visual Flight Rules, you must be operating under VFR minima, which effectively means in sight of the ground, clear of cloud etc etc. As far as I am aware, if you use the IMC rating to climb through cloud, then once above the tops, you are then operating VMC on top, rather than VFR on top.
Anyone have any thoughts or opinions on that?
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