Originally Posted by
Flyer517
From a hirer's perspective, thee seems to have always been a lack of aircraft in the IFR category to hire, and rarely something at the lower end. If you can't hire something then it makes the rating pointless.
Whilst that might be true of "affordable" aircraft hire at "smaller" regional flight schools, in this 21st Century world populated by Diamonds and Cirri which have expensive leather seats and are IFR rated out of the box, like everything in aviation, we come back to co$t.
The aircraft are out there, just expect to (a) wait your turn - maybe for months - and (b) pay through the nose for the privilege.