> Never go flying to a destination with someone who isn't IFR qualified. The weather can always change.
This is an absurd statement.
This is an absurd statement.
If your destination doesn't matter, or isn't set in stone, then a non-IFR pilot is free to choose to fly somewhere else, where the weather is better, or land at the closest airport.
For those who don't know: IFR means "Instrument Flight Rules" or flying by instruments only. An IFR-qualified pilot is allowed to fly in conditions where he/she cannot see out of the aircraft, such as at night or through low-visibility weather.
Any high hour pilot worth his salt is going to be IFR rated, but there are tons of great VFR pilots who know not to leave when the weather might turn IFR.
METARs and TAF are your friend.
tl;dr: the average non-rated pilot flying into IFR conditions will be dead in an average of 178 seconds!
It is stupendously easy for a non-IFR (Instrument Flight Rules) rated pilot to find himself in IFR conditions accidentally. Student private pilots receive just enough IFR training to hopefully get themselves out of IFR conditions before they die.
Don't fly with someone without their IFR ticket.
I legitimately don't know. I don't know what IFR qualified means.
Basically, lets you fly through weather/darkness. The alternative is VFR, Visual Flight Rules.
It's literally a requirement for a basic VFR PPL.
"Especially coming from someone the HN crowd."
I think you're venturing into No True Scotsman territory with that statement. The "HN crowd" is pretty diverse.