This is the typical response that i would expect
OF COURSE it would be with an instrument instructor
Who has suddenly decided that ifr in a non sas machine is dangerous ???? Granted it is more difficult but the military have been doing it for many years in gazelles without problem .
NO NO NO i am NOT advocating going into bad wx and going ifr
but just get real and accept it IS a possibility and HAS happened many times before with terrible consequences . You guys are just spilling out the same old drivvel about dont push on , dont fly in poor weather, dont even think about flying ifr ( even just to turn around )in a single non sas machine .....
We all have our opinions and mine is that being "CAPABLE" of doing a 180 in cloud makes you a safer pilot .....to be " CAPABLE" you must surely have demonstrated it ...No??? Whoever says flying into some fluffy clouds with a good cloud base , with an Inst instructor is dangerous really do not understand the basics of flying and are just keeping the myth alive that if you go into cloud you die
That is a fine thing to say to a student to try to frighten him into staying away from it ......but on the other side of the scale it means he will panic if it does happen and have no chance . Give me one good reason why actual ifr training is not a good idea ? Has it been done before ? Does sim and hood training have a good track record ? I ask again , how many ppl,s have flown actual ifr even for 30 sec,s ??? Fear of the unknown induces panic and panic kills . We spend countless hours practicing autos...why ???? We all know the chances of an engine failure a remote compared to the chances of getting into poor viz. Its bollocks and it aint working . How you guys think training for the most life threatening event you are likely to face in your chopper is wrong defies belief