Private IFR rating and Commercial IFR rating ?

[martymayes]

Marty, I really don't know. I read that 70% of US IFR rated PPLs do not use their rating. The reasons may be: they don't use it anough, they don't feel comfortable, the costs, etc. Current is defined by the law and proficient is something every pilot should aim for.

I think it's closer to 1 in 5 or 20% that actually stay current.

A few post earlier you said "If the average private pilot flies 25 IFR hours per year" - The number of private pilots that fly that amount is likely very, very small. Using a rule of thumb for an active instrument pilot that 10% of total time will be instrument time (with 10% being very generous) those pilots have to be flying ~250 hrs a yr.

How do these EFR pilots stay current and/or proficient? They can't possibly be logging more than 2-3 hrs of instrument time in a yr.


Edit: to give you an idea of what I am getting at, last yr (2017) I flew 640 hrs. 33 hrs were in IFR conditions. That means about 5% of the time I flew I was in the clouds. The reason people can't stay IFR current is because there is not enough bad wx! I'm just not seeing a whole lot more utility and safety from allowing someone to fly IFR during the enroute portion only.