When it gives 100ft OVC is quite common to get the lights at 200ft with CAT 1 lighting and at 300 with CAT II lighting sometimes higher. Day V night makes a huge difference.
OVC 100ft RVR 550m is challanging and you get a sense of relief/statisfaction when you get in.
The first time a new commercial pilot does one in anger is one of those rights of passage. In someways its when they first realise that is not a computer game and you really really don't have alot of time between seeing a visual reference, which might not be tarmac or PAPI's, you may only get that at 50-100ft. And planting the wheels while doing 120knts. Add in 20knts of xwind and you have to watch for them going into shock on the turn round.
This safety sense may help with what goes on doing a PAR.
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/33/ga_srg_09webSSL26.pdf
See the whole trick with this flying in clouds milarky is never get yourself into a position when you don't have any other options. And what you can downgrade instrument wise to and still have options is remarkably little.
And to be honest for someone of Paces experence even though he is FAA
, I really can't see the point of doing 10 hours training. You either have a instrument head on you or your don't, 10 hours isn't going to sort that out.