Why would someone choose to fly VFR on top?

"Steven P. McNicoll" <roncachamp@> wrote

>> OK, but I was taught to always ask for an EFC if given a clearance limit
>> that wasn't an airport.
>>
>
>Did your teacher say why?

As a related question, does the USA permit a plain PPL holder (no IR)
to fly above an overcast layer?

Peter wrote:

> "Steven P. McNicoll" <roncachamp@> wrote
>
>
>>>OK, but I was taught to always ask for an EFC if given a clearance limit
>>>that wasn't an airport.
>>>
>>
>>Did your teacher say why?
>
>
> As a related question, does the USA permit a plain PPL holder (no IR)
> to fly above an overcast layer?

Yes.

Matt