Originally Posted by
reelbigchair
wow dude, calm down, a 172 isnt going to fall out of the sky from a little bit of ice, a quick climb or descent should fix things. You just have to always have an out. I'm no cowboy, but this situation doesn't sound dangerous to me, assuming the poster had more IFR experience than the CFI.
Living in North Dakota...I pretty sure that a 172 isn't going to fall out of the sky with a bit of ice...and I know how to get out of it...my comment was toward the instructors reaction and toward the persons posting of low time pilots.
It just seems odd that a person with a lot of hours would make the descision to go up into icing conditions in a non-icing certified aircraft and in the same sentence down a guy for freaking out for going into IMC.
If I were a person on the outside looking in...I would say neither of them have the experience to fly in the airlines regardless of there experience level or the amount of hours that they have. Just my opinion...
Side note: I am not saying that the person that posted this is not a good pilot...just commenting on the whole situation