Is PIFR training sufficient to fly IFR.
I never quite got to the end of my CIR training and others suggest I just do PIFR. I have several concerns about this. There are more people I have spoken to that have not flown IFR once they passed their flight test PIFR than those who actually use it. I suspect this is due to the limited time in actual IFR conditions. There is a big difference between a quick trip through cirrus cloud enroute on AP to manuvering handflying in cumulus cloud. I have been privileged to fly IFR with pilots who hold a CIR and feel perfectly safe but have also flown with PIFR pilots and felt quite apprehensive in IFR conditions. I’m not sure I’d be happy with them handflying at all. Everything is done with the AP. Am I just being uptight or do others share my concern with PIFR?