In article , Judah wrote:

I could be wrong, but I suspect that most CFIIs prefer to give their IFR
students SOME actual before the training is over. I know several of the
instructors that I have worked with in the past believed strongly that
the sensation of actual is unique for someone who has sat behind foggles
for all of his training, and prefer to be in the right seat the first
time it happens to a student.

I've talked to CFIs who moved to Seattle specifically to get IMC time
for themselves. Of course they'll train in IMC.

OTOH, I'm not sure how eager a CFI would be taking someone up IMC during
the first, oh, 1/3 of the training, where you're just doing basic
attitude flying by instruments.

I remember days early on my IFR training, where we'd file to VFR on top, get
through the cloud layer, do the maneuvers, then shoot an instrument approach
back to base.


Morris