Surely you train students to do that as part of a night rating; just in case.
I think it is total madness to attach the night rating to a basic PPL! It should have been part of the IMCR or other instrument qualification.
that apart any failure at night is far worse than in the day stressing the need for some instrument proficiency.
Flying is fairly straight forward until something goes wrong and it is the going wrong that sorts the men and the boys!!! those who will survive or end up dead!
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