I have about five in actual now, including a couple of approaches down to 5-600. I ::really:: want a lot more actual experience before I go off on my own into the soup. Even with the rating, I'll probably grab a CFII on some foggy or otherwise benign IMC days to go practice. I'm still at the...
I always call if i'm doing a xcountry flight - maybe someday when I have more experience (and confidence) I'll forgo having someone else "look over" my plans. For now, though, I like to have someone review the weather on my route and confirm that I haven't missed anything. The briefers with...
I realise that this is an old thread...but...why not. In case someone stumbles upon it via search engine like I did...
I am taking my instrument checkride later this month, so I'm not completely qualified to comment here...but I think instrument training was/is positively brutal. Much much...