Question of the Week: Flying into IMC

Editorial Staff

Wednesday, November 15, 2006 at 12:00 AM ET

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Key Takeaways:

The article summarizes results from a previous poll where 44% of respondents believed a shift in Congressional power would negatively impact the push for user fees in the FAA reauthorization bill.
It introduces a new "Question of the Week" asking instrument-rated pilots if they fly single-engine piston airplanes into solid Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC).
Readers are invited to participate in the current poll and can submit ideas for future questions or provide comments.

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This Week’s Question |Last Week’s Results

PREVIOUS RESULTS ***

Last week, with mid-term elections in U.S. fresh on our minds, weasked whether readers thought the dramatic shift of power fromRepublicans to Democrats in both houses of Congress might thwart thestrong push for user fees in the upcoming FAA reauthorization bill.

The largest segment of our respondents (44%) thought that yes,this did bode ill for user fees – but the rest of you were split almostevenly between saying no, this won’t affect the drive for user feesand I’m not sure.

For the complete breakdown of last week’s poll answers,click here.

THIS WEEK’S QUESTION ***

This week, AVweb wants to know how much risk our instrument-ratedpilots are willing to shoulder. Tell us: Do you ever flysingle-engine piston airplanes into solid IMC?

Click here to answer.

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