ATSB report on PPL inadvertently entering cloud on X-Country flight.
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I think some of us are missing the basic point here: this was a VFR NAVEX being flown by a PPL without an instrument rating.
Forget the crap about NAVAIDs/GPS/GNSS etc and how you can and who can use them. This is a VMC flight into IMC. The real issue for the PIC is recognising that he/she is about to enter IMC.
The root cause (imho) is the apparent lack of a plausible explanation and/or demonstration of what VMC really means and what near-to-IMC looks like. If you don't show the student what getting close to the edge of VMC looks like, you have no right sending that student off on a solo NAVEX where there is ANY possibility of the student getting close to that big decision in light of the forecast weather. If flying training organisations are not TEACHING this concept, then they are failing their duty.
I read the ATSB report this afternoon and, for once, was happy with the outcome. Kudos to the ATC guy/girl as it was very evident to me that the calm and professional handling from the ground was a major contribution to the successful outcome.
My bottom line? Lets teach the proper basics. We'll save more lives that way.
Forget the crap about NAVAIDs/GPS/GNSS etc and how you can and who can use them. This is a VMC flight into IMC. The real issue for the PIC is recognising that he/she is about to enter IMC.
The root cause (imho) is the apparent lack of a plausible explanation and/or demonstration of what VMC really means and what near-to-IMC looks like. If you don't show the student what getting close to the edge of VMC looks like, you have no right sending that student off on a solo NAVEX where there is ANY possibility of the student getting close to that big decision in light of the forecast weather. If flying training organisations are not TEACHING this concept, then they are failing their duty.
I read the ATSB report this afternoon and, for once, was happy with the outcome. Kudos to the ATC guy/girl as it was very evident to me that the calm and professional handling from the ground was a major contribution to the successful outcome.
My bottom line? Lets teach the proper basics. We'll save more lives that way.
