In article .com,
M wrote:
Except, in certain parts of the country, IFR means burning 1/3 more
fuel and flying 1/3 more distance, and 20 minutes extra delay in
takeoff.

A few times I've been flying the pattern at Palo Alto (PAO) under
low ceilings and have had planes in the run-up area that were still
there waiting for their IFR release 45mins later. One day a King
Air was stuck waiting IFR release for ~30mins while Norcal was
flipping the patterns at SFO, OAK and SJC.

I've debated getting my instrument rating for awhile, but most of
my flying is taking friends up to see stuff, and the inside of one
cloud looks like them all. Punching through the bay stratus would
be useful, but the delays would take the fun out of it.

John
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John Clear - http://www.clear-prop.org/