"Newps" wrote in message
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Dudley Henriques wrote:

Flying extended cross country VFR, especially over mountainous
terrain.....you just never know when all that instrument training
might come in handy some day.

Flying instruments in the mountains in a single like Jay's is the last
thing he needs an instrument rating for.

Flying pre planned instruments in the mountains in a single isn't the
issue I'm talking about. Pre planned IFR requires a mating of weather,
terrain, equipment, and experience in any decision making process. Any
missing link in this equation is a basic 101 for anyone with even
average intelligence.
The issue is simply that 1. Instrument training increases even general
VFR pilot skills and as such is worthy of the effort in attaining that
training.
.......and 2. Any pilot flying extended VFR cross country on any regular
basis is well served to have an instrument rating even if the flight has
been planned VFR and a VFR flight plan is being used. Considering a VFR
pilot who likes extended long range cross country ; the additional
training and the rating just could come in handy some day.
Anyway....the value of instrument training even to a VFR pilot is well
known and accepted as being totally positive, and aside from those few
who like to find the occasional story about some idiot who used his
rating to kill himself as a reason for not getting the rating; getting
the rating is generally considered to be a good idea by the professional
flight instruction community.
Dudley Henriques
International Fighter Pilots Fellowship
Flight Instructor/Aerobatics/Retired