5 hours of IMC training is a waste of time.
It may actually give the inexperienced or unwary a false sense of reality. In that they might actually believe they can instrument fly out of an IMC condition so they believe it's not really a drama if they go IMC.
Flying well 'on the clocks' takes constant practise and is not to be taken lightly. IF is a hard skill to master and 5 hours will get you absolutely nowhere. It will just make you dangerous to yourself and others.
The decision making processes to keep yourself out of the worst sort of trouble are relatively simple.
1. Unless you are flying a fully IFR capable aircraft with a CIR and you are IF current do not go near or in cloud.....EVER.
2. If the vis is getting worse or is even forecast to deteriorate to the point where you can't really see whats coming up then either land immediately in a safe place or turn around and go back to where the weather was good.
Flogging around unqualified and uncurrent in a
VFR helicopter when the weather is crap WILL end in disaster sooner or later.
Most, if not all of those minimums and rules found in various forms of legislation around the world are written as a direct result of the last poor guy to push his luck.
One of the harder decisions to learn as a pilot is the decision to land or turn back
before it all goes pear shaped. Being in command of an aircraft either VFR or IFR is a big responsibility and with that goes the ability to make the hard decisions. If anything that is the skill that needs to be instilled in training?
Pressonitis....will kill you....one day.
