I've got to agree with the friend of a friend of a friend of a
friend, etc.

Listen to what he says and understand what he means.

In another thread on this News Group there was a discussion about
single pilot IFR and I'll paraphrase some comments 'You can get like a
one arm paper hanger'. The only way a one arm paper hanger can do his
job is to be proficient (or to say it another way, "Practice makes
perfect").

If you are going to fly hard IFR to minimums then you need to
practice all aspects of IFR flight often enough to stay proficient in
the manner you are using your license.

Remember you can only die once so plan your flying activities to delay
that occurrence as far in the future as possible.

The way to die, is in bed with your boots on (paraphrase) G

Big John



On Mon, 01 Mar 2004 00:53:29 GMT, Paul Folbrecht
wrote:

I had always planned on getting my instrument rating- within the next
year, probably. But last weekend I had a chat with someone who really
got me thinking about it.

This guy is a friend of a friend and is a retired 20,000 hour ATP.
Retired in the 80s flying 707s and I forget what else. Instructed in
Cubs for years. (Guy has nine count 'em nine engine failures in Cubs!
Two inside 20 minutes once!)

So, this is what he told me: unless I'm going to be flying 3 times/week
at least, getting my instrument ticket is a waste and possibly dangerous
as well. He thinks I'll be more likely to end up dead with it than
without it. (Logic being, obviously, that the ticket will give me such
a sense of security that I won't be afraid of hard IMC even when I'm not
current enough to handle it.)

Thoughts on this??