On 2/28/2007 12:08:47 PM, "Jay Honeck" wrote:

However, I no long harbor the notion that an IR is going to help us
fly more, or longer, or more regularly -- at least not until we can
afford something like a Pilatus.

Now that I have several hundred hours since my instrument rating, I would
never trade it in for a VFR-only rating.

As someone who uses my Bonanza to commute weekly to work and to carry Angel
Flight patients at least monthly, I can attest to the power of an instrument
rating, at least when speaking of flying in the Northeast US.

In the end, it all boils down to where you are based, where you fly often,
and if you have a reason to be at your destination. From the weather I have
seen there, I agree that an IFR rating for those based out of an Arizona
airport would be difficult to maintain without a lot of safety
pilot/under-the-hood type flights.

--
Peter