[exleardriver]

Originally Posted by deadstick

If it wasn't too busy, I think the tower guys kinda dropped the ball on this. It sounds like his opinion was "other people are ignoring the clouds, why don't you do the same?" This pilot needed to maintain the cloud clearance requirements. Yes, the field was VFR, but the scattered clouds at 900 do cause a problem. Get the special and the new TPA could be 850 AGL or 950 AGL. Without, he'd have to scoot around at 400AGL (no good!) or at 1900 AGL.

I did this a few times and had conflicts an IFR inbound (121). You can't have a SVFR in the pattern and clear another for an approach. I worked with the controller to land/taxi back and wait for the plane to land. Piece o' cake!!

Never let somebody sway you into a FAR violation. If you don't feel 100% sure of yourself, park it. Tomorrow is another day.

+1. good answer and solution.