A question, if I may...

Bob Martin stated: "I don't think I'd really be able to make
use of it--our plane isn't IFR equipped, and probably won't be for the
foreseeable future."

While he didn't directly indicate if he flew a plane he owned, a club plane,
or something similar, I gathered there was some sort of "ownership"
involved.

Assuming this is the only airplane he regularly flies, and that it is not
IFR equipped, would he not have a problem maintaining currency?

While your advice makes sense under most circumstances, given this
particular situation might he not be better off waiting until he has the
need or his airplane is upgraded?




"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
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Bob Martin wrote:

Any suggestions?

My 2c. If you have the time and money to get the rating now and even
suspect that you
will be able to use it in future, get it now. I procrastinated and found
that later,
my job didn't leave me the time. There were quite a few trips made by car
as a result
of that and one or two flights that were more nerve-racking than they
would have been
with an IFR rating.

George Patterson
If you don't tell lies, you never have to remember what you said.