Mary is the person who will really determine whether or not Jay
gets his instrument rating. Unless Mary was pulling my leg, she
doesn't seem at all comfortable with the idea of being in clouds.

You're right -- Mary has ZERO interest in flying herself into the
clouds.

However, she would have no problem flying IFR with me. She just doesn't
want the responsibility at this phase of her life.

In most other ways, it WILL be up to Mary when I ultimately get the IR,
since she'll have to carry the load at the hotel for several months
while I hit the books again. I doubt that's going to happen any time
soon.

It's a shame we didn't wait five more months to buy the hotel, back in
'02, and this conversation would be a moot point. I'd simply be
another non-current instrument pilot, like most of the guys at my
airport... ;-)

But it's all good. As long as we can continue to have great times
whenever we *very* occasionally have to spend the night somewhere due
to bad weather, we'll be happy campers... Hell, Mary and I can have
fun anywhere -- even South Bend, Indiana!

:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"