Switching from VFR to IFR
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I recently bought a German magazine where an article described a german pilot requesting a vfr to ifr conversion. After a lot of discussion he got the ifr clearance only to find when he landed that the atc had filed a compaint that he was vfr in less than approved weather. They then charged him on these ground. The article clearly told to avoid giving any references to the actual weather while waiting for the ifr clearance. If you tell them that you are imc and need the clearance fast you might end up in the same problems as this guy did.
I know the Americans go after illegal VFR but didn't know anybody in Europe did too.
I think a phrase such as "unable to maintain VMC, request IFR clearance and a climb FL150" is better as it is sufficiently ambiguous about the conditions at the time the call is made
It's only a potential problem if you require entry into CAS.
Obviously, in this case, one wants to get the climb clearance before entering IMC because once in IMC one can't see a damned thing ahead
Actually, if you suddenly find yourself in IMC inadvertently , the standard NATO procedure (not saying they follow it all the time) is transponder to 7700 and climb to lowest safe altitude ending in '500 and call ATC asap.
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Would that perhaps be a historical thing?
As for RAF fastjets, well they sure have the airspace incursion drill down cold, and that is in aircraft with proper avionics like the Gr.7 or Jaguar. Not that good at map reading methinks!
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Found the story on the internet - it is in German.
http://http://www.pilotundflugzeug.d...FR_Air_Filing}
http://http://www.pilotundflugzeug.d...FR_Air_Filing}
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Thank you pmh1234. Very interesting (the google translation ).
No wonder the Germans dropped the prosecution. The conditions appeared to be unsuitable for a VFR flight which is perhaps why they wanted to make an example of him, but ATC cannot know the actual flight conditions of the pilot so unless he explicitly stated he was in IMC they cannot do anything IMHO.
No wonder the Germans dropped the prosecution. The conditions appeared to be unsuitable for a VFR flight which is perhaps why they wanted to make an example of him, but ATC cannot know the actual flight conditions of the pilot so unless he explicitly stated he was in IMC they cannot do anything IMHO.