FlarePath wrote:Ok I'll also bite. the OP has not yet posted his qualifications or experience level. True, most PPL's will have had some basic instrument training for this very situation, yet here we have a post that suggests none of this training appears to have been carried out, or has been completely forgotten.
Not sure where you get that from - as I recall my instrument appreciation sections it was all based on the premise that you'd flown "into the side" of cloud not climbed into it. The "descending out of it" idea was actively discouraged as a risk of CFIT and the 180 taught instead.
Possibly that's a problem with the syllabus or standard teaching routines but there it is.
So the question seems perfectly valid to me and not sure where all the snark is coming from. I'm in two minds about whether to switch hats to moderator mode and go through and clear it up, to be honest.
The question pre-supposes a mistake has been made and is about retrieving the situation with minimum death and destruction.
"Just Be Better You Fool" is not a valid instruction given that premise.