Someone said this to me last week. It unnerved me a bit, because I just can't afford an IMC that's just (hopefully) going to become an IR before too long anyway, much as I would have loved to have got one!
Surely they were wrong? Lots of people go straight into the CPL, right? Admittedly I haven't done much instrument work yet, but the worst that could happen is a few more hours in training before taking the CPL test?
Any thoughts based on experience?