Justin’s Pilot Reports (PIREP)

If you’re not spending the time to give your passengers a safety briefing before each flight, start doing so. Here’s a perfect example of why this is so important:

Mother saves daughter from submerged plane

http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/13920619/detail.html

The pilot provided specific instructions about how to exit the plane in the event of an emergency during his pre-flight checklist. This information is credited for saving four lives in this tragic landing accident (the pilot was killed).

As is the case with many weekend flyers, losing the ability to file and fly under Instrument Flight Rules is a reality (especially for those of us with babies/young children at home). It’s strange, but once you have an Instrument Rating the ability to “just fly VFR” seems so limiting.

This is not a negative comment about flying under Visual Flight Rules.  Heavens no! Nothing beats the pure freedom of VFR flight. But when I did a few VFR flights after the birth of my daughter, the lack of being able to file IFR in the air, due to unexpected weather, made me seem vulnerable. Those big clouds in the sky get a little more intimidating when you know you can’t bore a hole right through them!

This is an excerpt of “Real world flying” to regain instrument proficiency.
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