wrote:


It's important to know how to do these things before blasting off
into IMC.
(Hint: [FPL][DIRECT] or [FPL][DIRECT][DIRECT] )



I understand all that.

Nonetheless, there is far too much knob twisting required to enter or
modify a flight plan, etc, for one person to do it and try to hand fly
the aircraft at the same time.

Something has to give; either a proper lookout for traffic in VMC or
spatial orientation during IMC.