I would grumble also! I'm not IR (nor have I even begun IR training yet) but
it stands to reason that if you're being tested for competency as it relates
to flying in IMC and you run scared from actual IMC during your checkride
due to fear of failure or whatnot, you're not ready for it. So it's a little
more stressful, so is a vacuum pump failure in hard IFR. Also consider that
the FAA Examiner can take over if you run into trouble. If you're not
comfortable doing it with that safety net, why sign someone off to do it
with pax in the plane?



Just my $.02



Scott



"Ryan Ferguson" wrote in message
...
It would be ideal to find some actual IMC and fly in it prior to the
checkride. That's not always possible, especially in the southwest, but
it
would be a good idea. It might be a littel disconcerting to you to enter
your
first cloud during your flight test.

A friend of mine who's a pilot examiner gets upset when instrument
applicants
cancel their checkrides due to flyable IMC. He grumbles that they must
not be
ready to fly in the clouds if they can't do it without foggles.

-Ryan
CFII-A/MEI/CFI-H

Iain Wilson wrote:

Anyone IR without having actually flown in IMC? My checkride is around
the
corner and I've no actual IFR yet. I'm itching to experience it but the
damned weather isn't co-operating (seemed the same way with the PPL!).

Iain