3. Instrument Flying Sucks. [...] Neither of us learned
to fly so that we could
stare at what amounts to a computer screen for hours on end.

Well, there you're way wrong. Instrument flight can be the most
beautiful, transcendental experience in the air. Flitting in and out of
the tops of a broken or overcast layer, or even just getting =that=
close to clouds as you brush by (which you can't legally do in most VFR
situations) is also fun.

Most IFR flying is visual, which was frustrating in the days when you
needed six hours and six approaches (now the hours don't matter).

Further, flying the airways can truly ruin a flight, IMHO. Doing so
absolutely sucked the life out of the experience of flying past the
Grand Canyon last spring -- we simply couldn't see it because our
Victor airway didn't go that way, despite being in severe clear
weather.

Ask for a diversion, especially if you are severe clear (why were you
IFR at that point anyway?)

Jose
--
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