I agree with you that the original intent was that the sport pilot certificate was designed solely to be a recreational certificate, not a transportation certificate. However, I believe that many sport pilots are currently, and will in even larger numbers in the future, be utilizing their sport pilot certificate as a transportation certificate.
Many of the LSA manufacturers very strongly tout the great cross country ability of their LSA models. The Bahamas have started allowing sport pilots into their country, and it looks like many other Caribbean countries and Canada will soon be allowing sport pilots to fly from the USA into their countries. If Canada opens up to sport pilots, then many sport pilots will fly into the unforgiving environment of Canada, and then onto the even more unforgiving environment of Alaska.
Steve
--- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, Helen Woods <Helen_Woods@...> wrote:
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> Just my opinion, but the sport pilot certificate was designed solely to
> be a recreational certificate, not a transportation certificate. An
> instrument rating is an add-on rating for the purpose of transportation.
> The private pilot certificate is a transportation certificate. Not a
> lot of folks who get much recreation out of running around in the soup.
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> Helen
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> On 12/29/2010 9:26 AM, wj18001900 wrote:
> > Why is an IFR rating not possible for a pilot that only has a Sport Pilot certification? . . . . Only a couple of LSA aircraft even offer IFR instruments as an option (for pilots flying them that have a higher than Sport Pilot certification).
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> > The NTSB has many accident reports of well trained, well intentioned, very responsible, highly experienced pilots (but that did not have an instrument rating) that were flying a well planned flight, but during the flight, they got caught in inadvertent flight from VFR to IMC, and then they crashed their airplanes.
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> > It would seem to me that the Sport Pilot having the ability to earn an IFR rating, and to fly IFR equiped LSA aircraft would very helpful, and would add a new level of safety to those in the air and on the ground.
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