So what you are saying is that most VFR pilots who encounter IMC actually get away with it and live to fly another day because of the 5 hours of IF training they received during their PPL training?
No, I'm saying that most VFR pilot/aeroplane excursions into IMC where the pilot has received some appropriate basic IF training do not result in the aeroplane peeling off into a death spiral dive within 60 seconds! It may eventually happen because they fail to take timely appropriate decisions that will get them out of the crap - or they run into something.
Full panel basic IF is not hard - its mostly mind over matter. If you fly into cloud and think "Oh **** I'm gonna die", you probably will.
The reason the old crash comic was so good was you could read about the unfortunate mistakes that others had made and ask yourself, "What would I do" and develop a mental plan or plans for such a senario.
What are my bonafides? I survived 10 years of scud running in Australia and NZ before I got my IR!
