Juliet Hotel
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Nor is it theirs. Enforcement of violations is not in the controllers job description. If a pilot asks for an IFR clearance, its the controllers job to issue that clearance so long as they are able to do so.I did wonder if they were checking to see if I was rated, but that's not really my problem.
There was a case where a pilot was working on the IR with a CFII. The pilot fired the CFII or the CFII fired the pilot. The weather was crap and the pilot wanted to get home so he filed IFR and left. The CFII called the tower and told them the pilot of Nxxxx just filed an IFR plan and he is not instrument rated. The tower told the CFII there was nothing they could do. If the pilot called and asked for the clearance, they are required to give it to him.