Interestingly i have since heard from 2 pilots who have flown IMC with sole reference to Synth Vision and they both said it was "EASY" . Not saying this should be the approved method but surely as a get out of jail card it could be very useful , especially for non ifr competent pilots who find themselves iimc.
While we have non ifr pilots flying vfr machines we will always have iimc followed by cfit .
With ref to the Chinook accident and also more recently the one in London , i would say that both would have been avoided if synth vision had been available ....and how many more ??? I am also told it is now not an expensive option .
A bit like cars now adopting HUD , infra red cameras , forward looking radar with auto braking , auto parking ..................they seem to be fast to adopt technology to make their cars safer . We however in a much more high risk environment have done very little over the past 20 years
