englishal,
DFC,
You do talks some dramatic crap sometimes.
Fuji Abound,
Well said!
A bit dramatic perhaps but crap?..............here is a quote from AOPA;
The number-one cause of weather-related accidents is continued VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions (IMC). A full quarter of these pilots are instrument-rated. The rate and severity of accidents classified as VFR-into-IMC haven't changed much since the mid-1970s, nor have the causal factors, according to a study by the University of Illinois published earlier this year. The aviation community hasn't had much success discouraging pilots from flying into weather for which they are neither equipped nor prepared. The distinguishing hallmark of a VFR-into-IMC accident is its devastating hand. Roughly 75 percent of these accidents are fatal, because they typically involve a loss of control that starts relatively soon after the airplane enters the clouds.
http://www.aopa.org/pilot/features/2001/ounce0110.html
Of course ignoring information like that is why things are not changing.
There is nothing with planning ahead and being prepared to go IFR at some stage during the flight but that decision is made at the planning stage, not in the air.
Regards,
DFC