Originally Posted by
tmmorris
IFR in IMC without an autopilot really is no big deal; if IMCR/IR(R) holders can't do it they will quickly self-eliminate at their next renewal.
Disagree. For the IR(R) renewal you're probably mostly not in real cloud, and there are enough unconscious hints (eg, the sky is brighter than the ground, perhaps, but I haven't really analysed it) for me to keep the aircraft the right way up most of the time without doing the proper scan that's needed in real cloud.