"Paul Folbrecht" wrote in message

Thoughts on this??

Definitely get the rating.

On the one hand, the added skills accompanying the Instrument Rating can
only enhance your judgment and abilities.

On the other hand, (at the risk of sounding elitist), he was right -- once
you've flown every day in the IFR system, earning your living on a schedule,
good weather and bad, you realize just what the difference between adequacy
and proficiency means. That doesn't mean that a 200 hr instrument pilot is
dangerous, simply that he operates in a world with a higher degree of
vulnerability than the daily professional. I'm speaking here of the
vulnerability of the skills to degradation through intermittent use.

One very important distinction to keep in mind is this -- the Instrument
Rating does not equip you to fly in bad weather; it equips you to fly when
you can't see. That's all.

Regards,

John Gaquin
B727, B747