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0 pointss1dev5y ago0 comments

Here are a few ways to kill you and all your passengers under instrument flight rules. Most of these involve a single mistake and a "controlled flight into terrain"

- Turn too early/late past an arbitrary point in space

- Turn the wrong direction

- Descend too early past an arbitrary point in space

- Use the wrong altimeter setting

- Failing to recognize and troubleshoot a failed instrument

- Failing to recognize signs of hypoxia

Not to mention dealing with emergency procedures while you don't do any of the above

Here is an example from a few years ago where a 777 missed a mountain by a few seconds after some non-standard instructions by ATC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFdXax7Zh_g

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steffan5y ago

(I fly IFR as well)

I don't think the comparison between a regular driver's license and Instrument / IMC flight is reasonable. Perhaps more accurate to compare to a Commercial Driver's License with a HazMat load

Or driving a bus

Even in the aviation world, an IFR rating is largely considered the most difficult to get.

I would also add that in aviation, most accidents / incidents do _not_ result from a single error, but rather the stacking up of errors, which granted, are almost all variations of 'pilot error'

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