SLFMS provides us a very realistic account of a personal experience.
What I have found interesting in many of similar accounts is how technology or lack of technology figures in the account.
Without meaning any criticism of anyone....but making a general statement re Pilot flying skills....absolutely mandatory skills for those in very nice machines with all sorts of Bells and Whistles.....right down to those with a bare hare style panel.....you must be able to fly BASIC INSTRUMENTS.
Think about those "Good Old Days" when you felt lucky to have an OBS Inidcator and an RMI with two Needles...a single VOR/ILS Receiver and a single ADF Receiver......we flew IFR with just that.
No Auto Pilot,No TAWS, No GPWS, No Flight Director, no RadAlt.....and our training involved flying with just the Airspeed Indicator, Mag Compass, Altimeter, and Vertical Speed Indicator.....no Attitude Indicator.......known as the Emergency Panel.
To pass my IF ride in the US Army done in a UH-1H.....among the Flight Test Ride requirements was an NDB Hold followed by an NDB Approach on Emergency Panel.
It was darn hard work and thank goodness we are blessed with new and better gizmo's that make our lives far easier.
The key is.....as a Pilot....you must be able to fly your machine no matter what you have left to work with as those gizmo's quit working.
We have had the video about "Children of the Magenta" and other warnings about the lack of adequate basic flying skills by Commercial Pilots.
There have been several Airline Crashes due that lack of basic handling skills.
The question to ask yourself.....are you prepared...capable...current...AND Proficient to fly your machine on basic flight instruments or are you just a button pusher?
If you are honest and know you come up short....what can you do to bring yourself up to that minimum standard?
As long as you are deficient....do not expose yourself to any chance of having to rely upon those skills YOU lack.