Originally Posted by IO540
It's obviously not a genuine Q rustle but I will answer it anyway.
The context is completely different.
Actually it was a genuine question: Just because the answer is difficult doesn't make the question invalid.
I support most of the various initiatives to maintain the IMC rating, but I don't think sidestepping questions about posts on here helps: If you're going to write things like
Originally Posted by IO540
...they are merely adopting a "there must be no flight in IMC without an IR" position.
Obviously, to any thinking person, such opposition appears ridiculous as it is clearly based on blind prejudice and ignorance.
then you should be able to defend that posting when asked how that squares with the
exact-same FAA view without resort to dismissing the question or telling us about an FAA rating that is irrelevant to the discussion.