Lancer
You are spot on. Couldn't agree with you more.
Geisha Girl I have one suggestion. If you intend to get a CIR with low hours, I suggest doing ICUS on IFR operations immediately after gaining the rating.
I did about 25 hours ICUS after getting my rating and the experience reinforced the learning so that I have been able to re-new my rating without having to do too much extra flying and without too many problems, even though I am not using the rating at present.
If you intend getting a CIR, its frustrating but well worth while and you get a great sense of achievment. Good luck.
