MarkFlyer
Your comments that people are ''wimps'' demonstrates the worst kind of peer group pressure, which can lead to reinforcement of poor decision making.
Flying at night in an SEP is no longer my thing, but I have done it in the past.
My attitude to the risks involved has changed and so has my decision making.
But I will not call anyone ''stupid'' or ''foolhardy'' because they take a different view. Pilots will consider the scenario and make up their own minds, they do not need name calling, even with a smiley afterwards.
You ought to avoid making such crass comments on a forum where there are many low hour PPLs, they don't need your bias, especially when it is based on a rating that you do not even hold.
FYI, I have held my night rating since 1994.