"Peter R." 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.


Ditto.

Not having the instrument rating is like not being able to drive on the
interstate highway system: you can get where you're going, but it's going to
be difficult or inconvenient at times.

My favorite illustration of this is the time I stopped for fuel at an airport
that was under a low ceiling. On the ramp were about a dozen National Guard
helicopters and in the FBO were their fretting pilots who were missing tee
times, kids outings and hot dates because they had been waiting several hours
to get out from under 500 feet of scud.

Do without the rating? No way.

--
Dan
C172RG at BFM