Many of us who are rated for instrument flight are likely to tell you
real life flying under instrument flight rules is easier than VFRr.
This is especially true in controlled airspace during the approach and
landing phases of flight in congested airspace. In my view, if the
conditions are soft IFR so that the VFR guys are on the ground, very
much easier.

I fly SEL with no co pilot in a Mooney 201 and find the workload very
manageable. It's worth mentioning when I lived in New England about a
quarter of my time was spent in IMC, and after hunderds of hours in the
clouds and on the gauges, so flying by reference to instruments feels
quite natural. Lower time pilots may feel differently.

You might try getting into a real cockpit, much of what you've read
here will become obvious then.

On Oct 29, 3:01 pm, Mxsmanic wrote:
I think someone here said that you really need a copilot when you fly
IFR. If so, what duties does the copilot have? I'd think that IFR
would be no more work than VFR, especially since ATC is helping with
directions and there is often some degree of automation (autopilot or
something). So, what's the story in real life? Is it really more
work to fly IFR, or more work to fly VFR? I'm thinking that VFR you
must spend a lot of time reading charts and looking for landmarks.

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