IMC -> IR. Advice sought.
Hi All
Some advice sought!
On the ATPL ground school road at present and flying every weekend to keep my hand in...usual story everyone familar with.
Anyway, I did an IMC just over 5 years ago and let it lapse. I understand I would need 7.5 hrs to revalidate. My question is, would this 7.5 hrs be a useful "warm-up" to the CPL/IR I'll be doing next year?....I assume instrument hours on the IMC hold no credit for the IR anyway?
I suppose this question also touches on the old chestnut as to how useful the IMC really is at PPL stage. It never felt wise deliberately flying IMC just because I could when I had the rating, so hence my deliberation. The only reason for gettign it back would be to give myself a headstart on the IR - is this a valid consideration?
Views welcome!
Bandit650