ON THE ILS AT FKL THE RPTR WAS ASKED BY YNG APCH TO CANCEL IFR ASAP BECAUSE OF OTHER INBOUND IFR TFC. WHEN THE RPTR BROKE OUT ON FINAL HE CANCELED. AN IFR PIPER IN CONTACT WITH DEP CTL GOT HIS RELEASE AND TOOK THE RWY IN FRONT OF THE RPTR. THE RPTR HAD TO GAR.

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IFR FROM DKK TO FKL ON THE ILS AT FKL. WE WERE ASKED BY YOUNGSTOWN APCH TO CANCEL IFR AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF OTHER INBOUND IFR TFC. BEING ON THE ILS AND HAVING JUST BROKE OUT OF THE CLOUDS WE HAD GOOD CONTACT WITH THE RWY; SO BEING A COOPERATIVE PLT I CANCELED. I CALLED ON THE ADVISORY FREQ 4 MI OUT AND AT 2 MI OUT. AT 200 FT WE NOTICED A WHITE PIPER PREPARING TO TKOF (IT WAS GETTING DARK AND THERE WAS LIGHT SNOW COVER ALL AROUND MAKING IT HARD TO SEE); THEN HE PULLED ONTO THE RWY. WE CALLED; 'ACFT ON FINAL FKL!' AND HAD TO DO A GAR. WHEN I SWITCHED BACK TO APCH TO ALERT THEM I WAS IN THE PATTERN I HEARD THE PIPER TALK TO APCH. SO I ASKED THE PIPER WHY HE TOOK OFF IN FRONT OF LNDG TFC? HIS RESPONSE TO APCH 'WELL HE CANCELED.' 'WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH IT?' THE CTLR ASKED. 'I'M FROM NEW JERSEY AND THAT'S HOW WE DO IT THERE. OTHERWISE WE WOULD NOT GET OFF THE GND.' SO IF YOU WANT TO PREVENT HAVING ACCIDENTS ON FINAL DO NOT TAKE YOUR FLT TRAINING IN NEW JERSEY. THEY FLY BY DIFFERENT RULES!