Where are we going with this one?
After reading the replies my opinion is that there are some valid points and some not so valid points.
Showing a pupil some flying in a R22 in actual IMC could be seen as stupid. I certainly would not entertain it. Placing a student under the hood simulating IMC does not give the whole benefit and IMHO is not a good substitute for TEACHING IMC.
With the 5 hours of instrument training on the PPL(H) course some students will accept that flying IMC (in the usual PPL role) is dodgy and beyond their limitations and will not go near the fluffy stuff, however there are others who think the 5 hours is the IR course done and off they go to find the clag and satisfy their ego that they are truly great. An instructor needs to be able to identify this and go about the right way of addressing it.
Anyway I thought this thread was CPL,s flying for free. I will fly for free provided you pay for my petrol at £8 per mile for me to get to you. Cash of course.