I think that being in the airplane knocks a lot of IQ points off for
most of us. Its just a very distracting environment. If you can get
the procedures down with the simulator and then try to get some actual
I think that would help. It seems like there is a lot going on but
there are a lot of patterns to what is happening. I find that its
great for students to just go out and hold in IMC for 30 minutes too.
We tend to focus so much on approaches but you'll actually log most of
your IMC in cruise.

-Robert, CFII

On Mar 3, 7:19*am, Tman wrote:
[Gosh I hope this doesn't start a ridiculous thread]. xoxo.

Anyways, I'm working on my IFR ticket. *I'm about 12 hours simulated and
actual instrument time in a real airplane, and able to put in about
another hour in a week. *No problem "flying" the plane on the
instruments, but I find that putting everything together often results
in too much workload, and in particular, I feel I get a little rusty
with only an hour a week. *But that's all I can fit in given the wx, a
job, and availability of a safety pilot or CFII...