"Aarfy" wrote in
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Don't skimp on the currency training, you'll never know when you're
going to find yourself in IMC and need to use the ticket.

Amen. I do this for a living, and work a 7 day on/7 day off schedule. I
also don't fly every night when I'm on, so I get rusty. After a week off,
I feel I need some practice, and if I go longer than that I really have to
watch myself and my copilot, who's watching me. Instrument flying is a
very perishable skill, & needs constant practice. I would be scared to
death having to fly in IMC if I only flew once every few months, even in a
fixed-wing which is relatively stable. I've gone offshore at night, when
the weather was forecast to be VFR, & found 100 ovc/.25mi vis when I got
home, with barely legal fuel onboard. It's very easy to get surprised, &
your skills had better be up to par.

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Regards,

Stan