Friday, January 16, 2009

Single Pilot IFR

Basically you need to have skills to be flying Single Pilot IFR. I really like how they say a near perfect performance is what you need to bring to the table if you want to be sucessful. They say that more than three to five tasks, depending on the individual, accuracy and effectiveness deteriorate rapidly. That makes me think about the Hudson River Miricale. The pilot, an ex-airforce pilot, had run into a flock of Geese and lost both engines. I bet he had a lot of Multitasking to do in a little amount of time. In single pilot IFR if you are getting overloaded you should ask for a delaying vector, tell ATC to stand by, slow the aircraft down or just fly to a VOR fix instead of programming it into the GPS. Since I got my IFR rating last April I have only done a couple of approaches. I wish that I still felt confident flying IFR but i haven't practiced enough flight plans to keep my skills up. I remember flying with Jeremy IFR and the biggest thing i got out of it was to always be preparing for the next phase of your flight, stay ahead of the airplane and know what you have to do next. I learned more about the use of Flight Watch on 122.0 mhz for enroute weather advisories. I'm not sure if I feel ready to fly single pilot IFR...It says in the reading that if your mind can't arrive at an event at least two minutes before the aircraft then you are not ready for SPIFR...therefore I believe i would pass on it until I get a safety pilot, do alot of ground work, and practice in good weather first. I have not reason to take ne risks! except that i want to be good at it..

1 comment:

  1. Great! It sounds like you have reasoned through when SPIFR would work for you.

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