"Charles Talleyrand" wrote
There must be people on the newsgroup that fly single pilot
IFR on a regular basis. These people have a schedule to make
and would rather not miss that schedule unless necessary. These people
don't have the need to carry many passengers, but just themselves.
My question is for these people ...

What sort of planes are you flying?

Well, I'm flying a Twin Comanche. This works for me because most of
my flying happens in the Gulf Coast region. If I'm outside that
region, I'm on a vacation trip and have significant flexibility.

The reason this works in the Gulf Coast - it's flat (MEA's are well
below the single engine service ceiling of my airplane) so turbos are
not necessary and combined IMC and icing down to the MEA's is
extremely rare (maybe once every few years) so deice capability is not
necessary. Embedded thunderstorms are the norm for IMC most of the
year, so weather avoidance is necessary. I have a stormscope for
that.

You have to realize that in a different part of the country, the
answer changes. In the Rockies, you probably need turbos, boots, and
RADAR to make it work. Also, there just are not that many people
using a personal airplane in this manner.

Michael