I see three types of IMCR pilot:
- Those who treat the IMCR pretty much as an IR, stay in currency and are very good.
- Those who do a bit from time to time and are not very good.
- Those who only fly IFR every 25 months for renewal and keep the IMCR in the bottom drawer, just in case. They are generally awful.
I suspect that there is indeed a correlation between those characteristics and ownership, but it is a very long way from 1:1. Most people I mentor are partial owners, and they fall into all three categories, but I can think of at least two in the first category who rent.