'Make it Happen Captain', ref your post no.19 You cannot fly NVFR even if you have a MECIR. I was asked recently if I could do some night parachute ops. As a recently retired Airline pilot and holder of IF ratings for a squillion years, not to mention half my adult life flying in the dark, I was suprised to learn I can not fly NVMC because I've never held night VFR ratings.
It would seem I am only allowed to fly at night if the weather is bad and under no circumstances must I look out the window. Having always been tempted to look outside over the last 43 years, I am in no doubt guilty of some heinous offence. I await a knock on my door.