My concern is the degradation of the skills learned. I for one would not willingly fly off into pure clag for the fun of it, so suspect the opportunities for practicing IFR will be fairly minimal. That said, everybody tells me that it really sharpens up your flying skills.
What do people think of using flight simulators to keep in practice? I don’t have IMC, but have been using Flight Simulator 2002 for a year now, and have “learned” much of the drill for IFR flight, to a point where my panel scan is almost instinctive… question is… is it safe?
Richard