Crab, I'm not sure what your point is (actually, I am but what the heck)
If you re read my post you will see the use of the phrase 'practically speaking'. This was intended to convey to sasless that when operating IFR at night ouside of controlled airspace and in good VMC, we do so
as if we were flying under night visual flight rules (even though, and I want to make this perfectly clear, we are
actually IFR). I did not state that it was a 'get out' of Instrument Flight Rules. However, if you toddle back to the books and check on which of the Instrument Flight Rules apply to an aircraft flying at night at less than 3000' outside of CAS (and of course in lovely VMC), you will hopefully get the gist of what I am saying.
