Bookworm,
You are quite correct that it is the in-flight visibility and not the reported met visiblity that is referenced in the IMC rating minima (see my quote from the ANO in my earlier post).
However, I ask you this: if the cloudbase is 300', and a pilot with an IMC rating is established on an ILS but not yet visual, how is he supposed to "make an assessment of flight visibility below cloud" to decide if he can continue below 1000'?
FFF
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