• If you received a card or letter inviting you to participate in this study, please enter the Call Sign that was printed on the invitation.

• If you did not receive an invitation, then please use the local time, preceeded by X$ and your initials as your Call Sign.
• For example, if your name is John Smith and the local time is 1:32 PM, then use the Call Sign X$JS1332

INSTRUCTIONS:

Weather conditions are always a consideration in planning and conducting a flight. But sometimes the conditions prior to or during a flight are especially significant. For example, the conditions might be marginal or changing rapidly while you are planning the flight. Conditions might change during the flight, or you might encounter unexpected weather conditions. These conditions might force you to divert or, in some instances, you might even find yourself in instrument meteorological conditions (IMC). With that in mind, please answer these two questions.

QUESTION 1:

During the last 5 years, how many times have you been on a flight (as pilot-in-command) in which weather conditions prior to or during the flight were a significant factor, perhaps even a threat to the safety of the flight?

QUESTION 2:

During the last 5 years, how many times have you (as pilot-in-command) entered IMC when you were not on an instrument flight plan and/or did not have an instrument rating? That is, you flew into cloud or into an area where the visibility was clearly below the 3-mile [5-km] minimum without ATC clearance.