[Scan-DC] Falcon Virgo 10-03.1 Tonight (? - Maybe!)

[Charley Armstrong]

Correct.  Also if you think about it, to flying in IFR you are under ATC control and there are separation requirements that would make the exercise pointless.

CA
Annapolis

On Dec 15, 2009, at 9:17 AM, Doug Kitchener wrote:

> 
> ORM?
> 
> Thanks, figured it was probably a safety thing, and as Charles mentioned, the Cessnas would have to have good weather conditions.
> 
> What's ORM?  Must be operational risk management?
> 
> Thx!
> 
> D
> 
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>> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Falcon Virgo 10-03.1 Tonight (? - Maybe!)
>> From: charley.armstrong at me.com
>> Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:21:15 -0500
>> CC: scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
>> To: oldsdoug at hotmail.com
>> 
>> It has to be done in VFR conditions for many reasons, mostly pertaining to safety. The military is big on ORM, so allowing the exercise to continue in IFR conditions is just too risky for the potential gain. Better to wait for the weather to clear up.
>> 
>> CA
>> Annapolis
>> 
>> 
>> On Dec 14, 2009, at 9:38 PM, Doug Kitchener wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Make that not tonight.
>>> 
>>> What, again!!?
>>> 
>>> I've refrained from putting this on the list until now, but with all these postponements, I gotta speak up. It strikes me as a bit weird that they keep putting this off because of the weather... I'm sure it's in the interest of personnel safety, but I would think that they should be able to operate in less than optimal conditions if "the real thing" went down... seems to me that bad WX would be a good time to practice... but what do I know!
>>> 
>>> There, I said it! :)
>>> 
>>> DK
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