Originally Posted by
PearlPilot
Thanks for the input gents. As of today I haven't had any actual IMC time so I am looking forward to getting some in the spring. I also fall into the lack of night flying category as of this date, and it is about time I get some night flying experience. Doing my long cross country tomorrow morning, time to get those approach plates ready. Take and thanks again for the responses.
This sentence struck a cord with me, where do you train? If you say anyplace other than the desert, then shame on your CFII for not trying to get you as much Actual time as possible. I always save that long dual ins x-c for a rainy day to get as much actual as possible. Additionally, whenever there is weather favorable to actual IMC we would plan a lesson for it. If you do get your INS without any actual I HIGHLY recommend no IMC until you can fly with either an experienced instrument pilot or a CFII. The hood just doesn't compare to the real thing.
