"Skylune" wrote:
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Now I'm even seeing some pop up ads from a company
that claims you can get your IFR ticket in 10 days!!!!

LOL. This is ludicrous.

No it is not ludicrous. It's not for everybody, but for many others
it is very effective training. Just get the written out of the way
just before the 10 days. Are you an instrument rated pilot? Even
a VFR pilot may have little clue as to what instrument flying is
really about.

the ones who fly very infrequently
and are a danger

Disagree. For most light singles with tricycle gear, some of your
landings may just be ungraceful. With enough total hours, that
need not be the case. At least, this issue has little to do with
fatal accidents, the context of your posts. Two significant causes
of fatals are weather and fuel exhaustion, generally on long
x-country trips. Infrequent flyers go 40 miles for a hamburger on
a selectively gorgeous day.

Fred F.