Dublin pilot, I don't know how many times you have crossed the alps over the top, but trust me there are not many places to divert to!!!
Bose-x,
I may not have made my point very clear. What I was trying to say is that we presently trust day-VFR only pilots to be able to make a decision based on the fact that they can't fly at night. If they can't be assured of landing before the end of VFR, then they divert. If there are no options for diversion, then they don't take off in the first place.
We turst them to make that decision at present, and we don't seem to have any problems from this.
If we can trust day VFR pilots to make those decisions, why wouldn't we trust them to make the same decision after they have earned an IR?
dp