IMC - Use it...
...I have to say I disagree. I have just completed my IMC Training - 90 hrs. I have yet to do the skills test. My view is that the IMC is a cracking qualification. I would suggest it needs a mandatory dual cross country and a solo cross country navigating by instruments, but not necessariy in IMC (I have done this with an instructor and it was good experience).
Hopefully I will pass my test, but I won't feel like flying off and flying around the UK down to minimas, but it is a rating I think I will use and build up my experience with. When I started flying after my ppl, I didn't feel like doing vast cross countires close to CTA, but it is something I have built up to.
I also think we need to recognise that things are getting easier for GA. I now have access to a plane with auto pilot; twin gns430's. Most of the airfields I am likely to want to fly to have Survelance Radar, or there is an alternative nearby suitably equiped.
So I guess I am suggesting I would like to see the IMC Saved/Kept.