Flight Following Or Go Rogue?

You take off for your VFR three-hour cross-country. You’re about to head into a TRSA, so you call for flight following. It’s crazy bumpy, so you tell them your destination, and you are climbing to 8,500′. ATC says at or below 3000′.  Whoa! What do you do?

Speaker Bio:

Michael Baraz holds ATP, CFI, CFII, AGI, and IGI certificates. He is an active flight instructor and FAA Safety Lead Team Representative. He loves helping people achieve their flying goals and staying safe, current, and proficient through continuous training with WINGS credits. Michael flies a Mooney Rocket 305 (because life is too short to fly slow). He is a member of several flying clubs and pilot associations in the Chicago area and is the treasurer and past president of CEPA.