Pete, I couldn't agree with you more on this. I periodically get into head butting with a local seaplane pilot who holds the opinion that adding STOL equipment to your seaplane increases your safety margin. Like an instrument ticket, increased STOL performance simply increases the size of your operating window, not your level safety. What lake is "too small" and what weather is "too poor" are moving targets. Only good judgment in selecting and adhering to appropriate personal minimums for the pilot, aircraft, and environment in question increases safety in either case.
Helen
On 12/29/2010 2:29 PM, Peter Walker wrote:
Hello Its a 2 edged sword having IFR It makes it safer If conditions change It also gives the capability to make a flight in higher riskenvironmentPeter
--- On Thu, 12/30/10, wj18001900 <swferris@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
From: wj18001900 <swferris@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group IFR Training and IFR Rating for Sport Pilots
To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, December 30, 2010, 5:44 AM
Helen,
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
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