There are two sides to every arguement. If you take the view that if you are never taught it you won't want to try it..for those that think just because they have done instrument appreciation that they can take on an ILS with an R22 in total IMC. OR the view that the little time you take to "appreciate" the dangers of this problem, and use the instrument training to execute 180 turns and get out of "inadvertant IMC" then you have realised the problem.
It is not the training, it is the attitude of the pilot. If you have no IR then you should keep well clear of clouds, even this IMC rating in the UK is a pain, as it makes pilots think they can fly through cloud and be invinsible.
If more training was done in instilling into low time pilots that there is danger in them clouds in the form of say for example the "Robinson Safety Course" then pilots would be more aware of the dangers. Visits to the AAIB at Farnborough and the reading of accident reports should make the unwise pilot more wise to the problem. As they say; there are old pilots and bold pilots, but not many old and bold pilots.
I think there should be more effort to shock pilots into reality at an early stage, so that statistics don't happen, as too many happen anyhow.
Just my two penneths worth.
MD
