“We are left with no choice but to shut down Flytenow”

Re:“We are left with no choice but to shut down Flytenow” by jbeales on Tuesday December 22, 2015 @03:23PM (#10780153)

That's not an absurd statement. If you're trying to fly "to a destination" and don't have an IFR-qualified pilot, and the weather changes, you'll be in IFR conditions without someone who doesn't have the training to keep you in the air in those conditions.

If your destination doesn't matter, or isn't set in stone, then a non-IFR pilot is free to choose to fly somewhere else, where the weather is better, or land at the closest airport.

For those who don't know: IFR means "Instrument Flight Rules" or flying by instruments only. An IFR-qualified pilot is allowed to fly in conditions where he/she cannot see out of the aircraft, such as at night or through low-visibility weather.

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Re:“We are left with no choice but to shut down Flytenow” by god_bless_texas on Tuesday December 22, 2015 @03:26PM (#10780180)

There are a whole lot of places where the weather doesn't change on a dime and an IFR rating is not required. Also, you don't need IFR for night flying.

Any high hour pilot worth his salt is going to be IFR rated, but there are tons of great VFR pilots who know not to leave when the weather might turn IFR.

METARs and TAF are your friend.

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Re:“We are left with no choice but to shut down Flytenow” by ProAm on Tuesday December 22, 2015 @04:33PM (#10780542)

Proper planning and weather monitoring makes VFR perfectly acceptable, to say never to fly anywhere without an IFR qualified pilot is absurd. It's akin to saying jr. devs should never write code that will be run in production.

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Re:“We are left with no choice but to shut down Flytenow” by nrb on Tuesday December 22, 2015 @04:50PM (#10780617)

More like "Junior devs should not be shipping nonreviewed code into lifesaving medical devices."

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Re:“We are left with no choice but to shut down Flytenow” by mymuss on Thursday December 24, 2015 @01:29PM (#10789112)

That statement is indeed absurd on so many levels. I only hope it doesn't not come from someone who is IFR rated.

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