I did my IMC at SND with the late Danny Woolf many more years ago than I care to remember....
It was completed in 15hours more due to Danny's competence than mineI think.
However, I think PPL's have to be very realistic about the benefits of the rating. A stamp or piece of paper does not mean you have somehow magically become able to fly in instrument conditions with a "tra-la-la, lousy weather but never mind, off we go" attitude.
When I first recieved the rating, I was flying almost every weekend from SND to Calais/Le Touquet and very current. After a while I stopped flying quite so regularly and had a few "interesting moments" when I restarted 6 months later.
I came to the conclusion that the
training for the Night and IMC ratings, vastly improved my overall flying capability but unless I stayed very current in both, they could possibly be dangerous in that they could lull one into a false sense of security.
Nowdays, with 24 years of flying behind me, I only like to fly on "pretty" days anyway.
