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I never got my instrument rating for two reasons.
One is that the type of airplanes I have been able to afford are not well suited for flying IFR. Yeah, legally one can do it, but hand flying small light aircraft for extended periods in actual IFR is not pleasant even for experienced high time commercial pilots.
The second reason is that knowing myself, I would likely end up flying in weather that I should not be flying in. Commercial pilots keep themselves current by flying in real IFR conditions quite often. The average private pilot is likely not going to get much weekly/monthly real IFR experience and a year or two down the road will be very rusty when faced with making an actual IFR flight to get home.
Now "if" I had enough dough to buy and operate a nice twin with auto pilot, radar, ice boots, etc..... I would definitely obtain an instrument rating and likely use it often.
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German autos: '79 911 SC, '87 951, '03 330i, '08 Cayenne, '13 Cayenne
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