Infrequent flying & IFR currency

"Marty Ross" wrote in message
et...
"Infrequent flying & IFR currency" - sounds like an oxymoron, I know.

I'm limiting my flying now due to lack of income (anyone have work for a
software developer?), yet would like to try to maintain my (recently
acquired) IFR currency.

I guess my best bet is to beg/borrow/steal/hire a safety pilot and shoot
an
approach or two (plus the other stuff) every month, in addition to
practice
in my home simulator, but I'm wondering what other wisdom/ideas I'll find
out there amongst y'all in the newsgroup.

Any tips, recommendations for keeping IFR currency as a non-owner on a
budget?

I do the same as you. I rely primarily on the PC sim to maintain
proficiency, and I do close to the minimum required number of loggable
approaches to maintain legality. Lately, I've been able to find a good IMC
day to do three actual approaches every three months or so. I much prefer
practice in IMC to hood practice, and it saves me the trouble of having to
coordinate with a safety pilot or hire an instructor (unless I'm feeling
rusty).

--Gary