in article xEvVc.25771$Fg5.13033@attbi_s53, Jay Honeck at
wrote on 8/20/04 4:17 PM:


I did not find that my VFR skills deteriorated during my IFR training --
although I did discover that my ability to maintain altitude and heading
precisely certainly improved. In fact, I became a sharper pilot all around
during my training.

What aspects deteriorate, in your opinion?

I'm about 20 hours into my IFR training, and just speaking for myself, I've
found that my landings have suffered. I find it very difficult to be under
the hood for an hour or more, then be told to "look up" just short of the
threshhold, and execute a decent landing. The sudden transition from IFR to
VFR is jarring to me, though I've been slowly improving.