Originally Posted by
ShyTorque
..if I couldn’t fly under IFR. It’s by no means unknown to plan a fully IFR route and by no means out of the ordinary to be prepared to change from VFR to IFR where necessary once en route.
Thing is, there is a great big world outside of the UK (and US for that matter), where authorities take very different views of instrument flying.
For example, around here, you can only fly IF between licensed and equipped airfields, off field is VFR only.
You may also not legally change from VFR flight to IFR - Their view is it encourages pushing the limits, instead of planning the flight properly from the start.
So, when all you can do is fly airport to airport, a helicopter is not the best tool for that job, so next to no one flying rotorwing will bother with IF certification.