Readback: May 2020

IFR Staff

Monday, April 20, 2020 at 01:39 PM ET

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Key Takeaways:

Pilots provide diverse feedback on aviation topics, including appreciation for simplified explanations of complex charts (like Skew-T diagrams) while others question their practical relevance for amateur use.
Operational advice includes the importance of exercising caution when cancelling IFR in the air to ensure visual meteorological conditions (VMC), and awareness of potential inconsistencies in runway markings versus stated approach capabilities.
Complex approach procedures, such as those requiring RNAV for a missed approach on an ILS, highlight the need for thorough briefing and workload management strategies during critical phases of flight.

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Deskewed Me … Or Not

In the first of your articles simplifyingSkew-T diagrams (March 2020), you mention that a reader suggested you simplify them or stop writing about these mystifying charts. Well, I’m the reader who sent that pointed email about the Skew-T chart. I’ve read part one, and it was easy to follow. Thanks.

Part 2 came today. I’ll keep you posted. I want to thank y’all for being so responsive and trying to get these intimidating diagrams to make sense. I was at a meeting a couple of weeks ago with a bunch of pilots, mostly retired military or airline guys, and a CFI pal asked, “Have you ever tried to understand those #$&*ing Skew-T charts?” I told him to read all about them in IFR!