[SteveG]

It's somewhat of a backdoor approach when one has a ME rating prior to an Inst. rating. I think most of us just take the ME checkride IFR and be done with it. Perhaps my previous post was misunderstood. It's, of course, the VFR restriction on his present ME rating which necessitates Pat's new ME checkride. I don't believe that Kevin and Paul and I are suggesting conflicting ideas. If Pat obtains his instrument rating SE or at least trains to instrument proficiency in the 182 which he has available then retakes has ME checkride either in his 337 resulting in a CLT restriction or in a conventional on a "weekend upgrade" he avoids spending so much expensive ME time learning the basics of IFR flight in a ME airplane with a ME CFII.