Do new generation pilots have poor Eye Sight

[Liquid Charlie]

It must be a fact because listening to the chatter on the radio it seems most are blind. Back in the day during transcribed wx broadcasts from FSS specialists the end of the xmission was always, "keep alert and watch for other aircraft". What ever happened to that philosophy. It seems ears now trump eyes for traffic avoidance. IMC is one thing but when it's CAFB it seems that position reports and traffic advisories are far easier than looking out the window and staying alert.  Oh ya another question, why do people fly IMC at +500?? that truly baffles me.

[Nark1]

What's IMC+500? 


Must be a northern Canadian thing. In rural Wisconsin, when I fly GA or Mil to many of the uncontrolled airports, I don't here a lot of what your suggesting. However I do hear an overkill of position reports in the pattern.
If you're the only bird in the pattern, a final call is sufficient. Not leg by leg. 


Also, who the hell turns on the lights during the day? Click click click click click




Click
Click
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It's enough to make me go NORDO.

[ScudRunner-d95]

Flying the Lear over northern Manitoba from Newfoundland to Edmonton just east of YTH for a laugh  I tried to light up Oxford House from FL400 Well I managed to light up Oxford house, Gods lake narrows and gods river and some other god for saken place. click click click click click

Then back to sipping coffee and entertaining my FO with war storys of real flying.

[Liquid Charlie]

Forgot the international flavour or is the flavor here -- my bad - canada has vast areas of uncontrolled airspace where no clearance or atc flight plan is required. Company flight following for commercial ops is sufficient. The wx moves in and people fly in cloud but seem to think that it's appropriate to apply VFR rules. Biggest argument, "I don't have IFR fuel on board" , classic, stupidity trumps safety. How much fuel you have on board is your business, don't put me at risk because of a stupid concept that flying IMC that +500 will be still legally VFR. Damn!!!!! In southern airspace it's even more critical since we are flying altitudes and not flight levels and there are some rather large holes in the system to correct altimeter settings.