Comments on: Instrument Rating - unofficial ground school http://www.fearoflanding.com/flying/instrument-rating-unofficial-ground-school/ The art of not hitting the ground too hard... Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:34:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Sylvia http://www.fearoflanding.com/flying/instrument-rating-unofficial-ground-school/#comment-3641 Sylvia Thu, 11 Oct 2007 20:47:17 +0000 http://www.fearoflanding.com/misc/instrument-rating-unofficial-ground-school/#comment-3641 Exactly. I vehemently disagree. :) I think to a large extent it is a UK issue, in Spain it's true I can go ages without talking to someone. It makes me nervous! Exactly. I vehemently disagree. :)

I think to a large extent it is a UK issue, in Spain it’s true I can go ages without talking to someone. It makes me nervous!

]]> By: Rob... http://www.fearoflanding.com/flying/instrument-rating-unofficial-ground-school/#comment-3473 Rob... Thu, 27 Sep 2007 10:12:10 +0000 http://www.fearoflanding.com/misc/instrument-rating-unofficial-ground-school/#comment-3473 But apparently one of the "cons" of IFR is higher workload! Regards, Rob... But apparently one of the “cons” of IFR is higher workload!

Regards,

Rob…

]]> By: Sylvia http://www.fearoflanding.com/flying/instrument-rating-unofficial-ground-school/#comment-3472 Sylvia Thu, 27 Sep 2007 08:53:08 +0000 http://www.fearoflanding.com/misc/instrument-rating-unofficial-ground-school/#comment-3472 No, just there is less impetus to do it if I don't specifically want to use it. Cliff rarely flies VFR (because it's a higher workload!) and currently we tend to split flights between us by type. A common reason to do the IFR rating is to be less weather dependent (you can fly through cloud) but as Cliff can take over, it's not that big a deal. No, just there is less impetus to do it if I don’t specifically want to use it. Cliff rarely flies VFR (because it’s a higher workload!) and currently we tend to split flights between us by type.

A common reason to do the IFR rating is to be less weather dependent (you can fly through cloud) but as Cliff can take over, it’s not that big a deal.

]]> By: Rob... http://www.fearoflanding.com/flying/instrument-rating-unofficial-ground-school/#comment-3469 Rob... Thu, 27 Sep 2007 05:58:04 +0000 http://www.fearoflanding.com/misc/instrument-rating-unofficial-ground-school/#comment-3469 So, when you have IFR rating, you can no longer fly under VFR? Rob... So, when you have IFR rating, you can no longer fly under VFR?

Rob…

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