Fri Feb 17, 2017 9:16 pm
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foxmoth wrote:You have to remember you are talking inexperienced PPLs here and I can think of LOADS of ways this can happen - just one quick example, Northerly departure to head South, all reports South are great and looking out the window to the South it looks good so departs not realising there is low cloud over the hills to the North!
I still say thisis where you need to have been taught situational awareness, hopefully this should keep you out of the situation anyway, but having got into it will then tell you what to do having got into it!
How much experience do you think a PPL needs to look North when taking off to the North?
Do you think the inexperienced PPL will need more or less experience to spot when the hills to the north are covered in cloud, when they have learned to look where they are going?
minds are like parachutes, they work best when open.