@RedDragonFlyer: Well to fly by IFR and build IR hours as PIC hours someone would have to pass the IR before passing the CPL(A) and then do the remaining necessary PIC hours in IR. Its the only way I believe would work. During the pandemic even thought about it in order to get 200 IR hours (ofc if you do not have your own aircraft with proper avionics it would be extremely expensive (not only cost of the fuel) to fly 170 extra hours just burning holes in the sky) for IRI(A) + 30 ME PIC hours for CRI. But kind of will see what happens after doing the postponed IR/ME + CPL(A) and FI(A) traning that is already waiting for me since 2020.