Re: FAR 91.157 Operating in icing conditions

Ron Natalie wrote:
> "Matthew S. Whiting" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > If the forecast icing isn't all the way to the ground, why isn't it
> > legal to file and fly below the clouds and the altitudes with forecast
> > or known icing?
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> Don't ask me, I didn't write the regulation.   Presumably because they have not
> put in procedures into the IFR rules to handle, IFR but remain clear of IMC.
> They presume that if you are operating IFR you are prepared to enter IMC at any
> time.

Is this a change in the last five years since I was flying actively? 
Prior to that, this was common practice in the northeast.  Otherwise, as 
I said earlier, light aircraft would essentially be barred from filing 
IFR for much of the winter months.


Matt