The average IMCR holder is a club flyer, operating from VFR airfields in ill equipped aircraft. So to try and compare an IMCR holder to an IR holder is not smart.
I flew yesterday, no one else at my airfield did they sat and ate chips and talked flying as the weather was 'crap'........ Most of them IMCR holders.
Bosey, so sorry if I have offended you. I was just being forthright.
I just cant get too grips with the inconsistancy.
It was you who just said the weather was crap. Now the weather is either crap or it is not. Perhaps if you have an IMCr it is a bit more crap than if you have an IR?
.. .. .. then there is the average IMCr holder. I dont think the rating has much to do with what aircraft the pilot owns or rents. I suspect that has a lot more to do with how deep his pockets are, so how that runs on into comparing someone with an IMCr and an IR I dont know?
Even if there was the casue and effect you suggest, firstly it would be meaningless because the population of owner operator IRated pilots is so small and secondly if they can afford the cost of the IR they can afford the cost of a more expensive aircraft.
.. .. .. in your contest a friend of mine flew today in a 152. The weather really was crap. He was also the only person flying. He doesnt have an IR. So what does that make him - an IMCr holder with bar or an idiot?
I get the impression that you dont understand the flying the average pilot does - that is all - and for that reason although I know you suggest otherwise I dont think you really understand the importance of the IMCr.
I have read most of your posts. I am sorry if you see it differently, but I can only tell you that candidly that is how I feel.