The above posted URL is mis-informed.
Q: You say on your website that instruction for the award of an FAA instrument rating given by a UK IMC instructor is invalid. I know someone who received such training and found an FAA DPE in Arizona that excepted it. He now has the FAA instrument rating. In fact, he is a major contributor on several websites in the UK offering advice on the subject. So who's correct here.
A: The person in question knows that his instrument rating was issued on false pretenses. Although the DPE in Arizona didn't realize that instruction toward an FAA IR from a UK IMC instructor is invalid, I did! What normally happens in these cases is that the applicants logbook gets audited and he instantly loses the rating and/or license.
The fact is, If an IMC instructor isn't allowed to instruct for the award of his own country's instrument rating then he certainly isn't allowed to instruct for any ICAO Instrument rating!!
The pilot concerned was and is 100% legit. He met the FAA IR dual training requirements with approx 25hrs done with an FAA CFII in Arizona. No UK based IMCR training time was used towards his IR.
The widely distributed email mentioned above was mis-informed too.