"Cecil E. Chapman" wrote in message ...
For those of you who have your instrument ticket, how many hours of actual
IMC did you have when you got your ticket.

At approx 40 hours of instrument time I have a 'whopping' .9 hours of ACTUAL
IMC... I sincerely hope I'm going to get to see a lot more before I get my
instrument ticket - which I'm guessing should be around April or May at the
latest.

About 12, roughly evenly split between training and personal flights.
About 18 approaches.

Isn't the Bay area supposed to be great for "harmless" IMC, good for
flying actual approaches?

Actual is good to get but I wouldn't sweat the lack too much. If
you're training at night when you're tired, it's easier.

You can always ask your CFI or an experienced IFR pilot to go with
you, after your rating.

Cheers,
Sydney