Getting nervous about IFR checkride

[PaulS]

Congrats @benyflyguy it's a great feeling isn't it?

 

[midlifeflyer]

Congrats. Well done!

 

[dtuuri]

Attaboy! Thought you would do it. Love it when I'm right.

 

[sonopoa]

Passed my IFR checkride!!!

Well done benyflyguy!,Congratulations. It is a great achievement!

 

[olasek]

Congrats, I know the satisfaction and sense of relief, have been through this 2 months ago. I am not Bob Hoover, took me a year but I did it.

 

[Chrish1]

Congratulations! Looking forward to reading about the oral and checkride.

 

[mryan75]

The scenario: You filed to XXX with YYY as your alternate. En route to XXX, you lose comms and you never get VMC. You shoot an approach to XXX but it's below minimums so you go missed. At that point, aren't you required to fly to YYY (assuming you never hit VMC between XXX and YYY) even though ZZZ might have been a better option?

The only time you have to go to your filed alternate is lost comms. I say that, yet if ZZZ is a better option, you can do anything you want in an emergency.

 

[Palmpilot]

The only time you have to go to your filed alternate is lost comms. I say that, yet if ZZZ is a better option, you can do anything you want in an emergency.

Even without an emergency, I don't see anything in 91.185 or elsewhere that requires you to go to your filed alternate.