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From: "Mike S. Reinath" <Michael.S.Reinath@nasa.gov>
Subject: [LML] Re: IFR training in a IV-P?
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<<My personal opinion is that IFR is only for professional pilots who
receive a lot of recurrent training...... Actual (IMC) IFR is not for 
single engine, low time pilots
who dream of going IMC.>>

I disagree. You don't have to fly in icing conditions for the IFR 
rating to be of value. Here in California near the coast we get a 
marine layer moving in almost every night between the beginning of 
May to the end of October. Some days it burns off and others it 
persists all day. Trying to fly under it VFR is not as safe as just 
going through it IFR. During the winter months, we get valley fog 
which spills over towards the coast. Some days the visibility is 1 
mile all day, but the fog layer is only about 400 to 600 ft thick 
with blue sky above. We can have weeks of this fog at a time with 30 
to 40 minutes or more wait time to get out special VFR, but you go to 
the head of the line if you are IFR (both going out and coming back 
in).

I just spent about 50 hours training for my IFR rating in my 360. It 
was very challenging in the 360 and a lot of fun. I don't plan to fly 
anywhere near any icing, but a little valley fog or marine layer 
isn't going to stop me anymore.

Mike Reinath
N3602M