Fri Jan 22, 2021 12:50 pm
#1821640
This may have been posted before but if not then it's worth watching if you either hold or aspire to an IRR or IR. Sobering stuff.
Moderator: AndyR
VRB_20kt wrote:The Cirrus accident raised a question with me.
He was offered a shorter route to an airfield with 200' minimums or to fly an additional 15 miles - presumably accreting ice - to a field with 500' minimums. Which is the least-worst option?
GrahamB wrote:E.g. ATC asked for his degree of icing and OAT. His answer was vague and incomplete, and ATC just accepted that. Weird.
David Wood wrote:it's not ATC's position to cross-examine a pilot who was plainly already under pressure. He asked the question; got an answer; and left it at that. Fair enough, I say.
FAR/AIM wrote:a. FAA air traffic facilities are required to solicit PIREPs when the following conditions are reported or forecast: ceilings at or below 5,000 feet; visibility at or below 5 miles (surface or aloft); thunderstorms and related phenomena; icing of light degree or greater; turbulence of moderate degree or greater; wind shear and reported or forecast volcanic ash clouds.
b. Pilots are urged to cooperate and promptly volunteer reports of these conditions and other atmospheric data such as: cloud bases, tops and layers; flight visibility; precipitation; visibility restrictions such as haze, smoke and dust; wind at altitude; and temperature aloft