On Jul 10, 7:35 am, B A R R Y wrote:
xyzzy wrote:

So IOW, there is significant utility to the IFR rating besides just
flying in bad weather.

Not to mention, how many times have you heard this while VFR and waiting
to depart or arrive at a busy field?

"Hold on for a few minutes, guys. We need to get an IFR departure out,
then we'll work you guys in..."

Yup, before I was IFR rated I flew in a club trip to IAD. I was VFR,
three other airplanes of the exact same type were IFR. I took off
first, landed last. I got bottom priority and vectored all over the
place in the DC area, while the IFR guys just went right in. The plane
I was in, flying VFR, put 1 hour more on the hobbes than the IFR
planes that were the same type and took the same trip at the same
time.