Jay Honeck wrote:

In short, this is fun, while training for the instrument rating is like
high school geometry -- a chore that must be slogged through, with no
apparent reward at the end.

Well, that should pretty well end the discussion. I found the rating fun
(if work), so I did it. If I'd not found it fun, I doubt I'd have kept
going.

Why bother, unless one is doing (or planning on doing) this for a living?

- Andrew