I don't normally add my opinion to threads like this but......no matter how much training, no matter what rating they achieve, no matter what aircraft they are flying......an instructor cannot teach COMMON SENSE.
I am not aware of the Biggin crash mentioned above, but is that because the pilot had a lapsed IMC or because the pilot was a smart a**e who hadn't the sense to go somewhere else....especially if shown the way by a diverting jet which was, presumably, better equipped and flown by an instrument (current) rated pilot.
The IMC rating is not to blame - the instruction is not to blame - the mind set of the pilot is to blame.
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