This actually raises a good point which I thought of a few weeks ago. I'm currently doing my IMC & noticed that it does indeed cover most of the IR syllabus and when I was reviewing the tolerances for the flight test noticed that they're a good bit tighter, but I thought to myself though why on Earth is the IR course 55hrs when the IMC is only 15hrs & yet they cover much of the same ground? I do realise there is a great deal of naivety in this and of course there is good reason behind this but could someone who's perhaps done the IMC then progressed to the IR maybe explain what they felt the major differences & difficulties were? Is it really just an extended exercise in achieving more precision and awareness or is there more to it? I'm finding my intro to IF very challenging at times, just keeping the scan up at times is difficult when you're side tracked with other things & is one small but crucial difference in both training & experince levels I suppose between the 2 licenses. I'd appreciate any thoughts/experience, thanks.