On Jul 9, 7:04*pm, Wizard of Draws wrote:
I think I've come to the conclusion that I will let my IFR rating lapse. As
it stands, I seem to be flying mostly to keep the rating current, rather
than flying for the enjoyment. I don't really go anywhere, the wife won't
fly with me, and the skyrocketing cost is making me look hard at the ROI
from different angles.

Yea, I find a lot of pilots in the same situation. I also talk a lot
of pilots out of getting the instrument rating for the reasons you
mentioned. Its not something you can put in your back pocket and I
suspect that if you've just been flying around trying to stay current
you aren't in a position that you'd feel comfortable going into the
clouds anyway. If you don't find yourself in the clouds on normal
flights at least every once-in-a-while you probably are better off
being VFR.

-Robert, CFII