Reply #27: Not for a VFR pilot

[bmcatt]

The only reason that VFR (non-instrument-rated) pilots know the rule is because it's part of the FARs that all pilots are required to know. Actually paying close attention to the altimeter while descending and *making* the altitude adjustment strains credulity.

I've said this before and I'm sure I'll say it again - if you've never piloted a plane, you have *no idea* of the workload that's placed upon a pilot, especially a marginal one who's never been in that particular cockpit before. Any non-ATP who was most definitely *not* type-rated for that particular aircraft would have been spending all their time simply trying to fly the damn plane and (presumably) navigate to where they wanted to go. Expecting them to follow what, for them, would have been obscure flight regulations is just not believable.