Having trained alot of non instrument rated pilots for IMC's and IR's, the comments about people losing control rapidly are unfortunately borne out by my experience.
The very limited amount of training given in a PPL syllabus in no way adequately equips someone for real and inadvertant flight into IMC conditions. Generally most people do tend to "lose it" in a relatively short time, even when sitting next to me as a safety net. Now imagine it for real, with all the stresses involved and I can well imagine loss of control happening pretty sharpishly for the "average PPL".
IO, remember there are very few PPL's in Europe with even 1/10th of the 2000hrs you quote.
If you want proof of losing it in IMC, just look at what happened to JFK jr.
Last edited by Say again s l o w l y; 20th April 2006 at 13:56.