Slightly at a tangent but I've noticed whenever IFR is mentioned on this forum that we are talking about Arctic weather and zero visibility to the ground. 99% of GA IFR isn't like that. I did a perfectly normal IFR flight today. Cloudbase a bit crappy, vis not great under it so I went IFR and VMC on top at FL45 in gin clear sky. I could have gone VFR under it but it was safer (IMO) to go on top.
I don't get these extreme views on IFR and the IMC rating. You get the IMC rating for a reason and that's to make your flying safer by opening up the options available, not to fly in 20 meter visibility fog and -50C weather.
Last edited by thing; 10th Oct 2012 at 20:09.