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BREAKING 01/31/25 6:20PM EST: Plane crashes near Philadelphia mall. ETA: Updates coming in now.

It’s not. By time a pilot gets to this level of aircraft, they have 1,000’s of hours or literal years of instrument time and actual IFR. Thats time spent actually in the clouds and not simulating. Jet aircraft and many turbo props these days are pretty much almost completely flown on instruments, say 99-1%. So at this point in our careers, most of us can fly instruments better than most other things. We don't fall prey to spacial disorientation, we trained for it and have done it so much we can do it completely exhausted.
BS.
It can happen and does happen.
Those of us with thousands of hours recognize that fact and understand if we get it and how to handle it.
Modern transport category aircraft with PFDs and NDs make it easier than those of use that grew up with the standard six-pack on transport category aircraft (SA-227, A300-B4, B727, B747 classic here+more modern a/c).