In article .com,
"Robert M. Gary" wrote:

Flying in the clouds is fun. Instrument training sucks, I don't think
anyone likes it. You're paying to fly but you can't even see outside.

Yeah. I had this epiphany while doing my IFR cross country up to Arcata
(KACV) some time ago: there I was, 8,000' over the redwoods, the ranges,
the fog-shrouded coast (apparently) in sight, etc., and I'm *paying* to
block all this out under the hood and concentrate on the instruments.
Ditto for the NEUVO 5 approach out of Oakland -- people pay large
amounts of money to see the City and the Golden Gate, etc., from up here
and here I am paying vast sums *not* to see it. Bah humbug! :-).

Hamish (who did of course end up with the rating...)