Thanks for the correction, SilverFox. I'm a JAA person - always good to learn about the old CAA system, almost everything I know about it is purely from heresay now that it's been replaced.
As for the "huge flaw in your logic" comment - yes, I agree that in retrospect it could be construed as being unhelpful, but I think HWD took it in the lighthearted sense in which I intended it, so I don't feel the need to apologise to him - just to be more careful about how I phrase things on a forums where it's very easy to misinterpret someone's intentions
Very interesting to hear people say that they wouldn't employ instructors without an IMC rating or IR. I hadn't considered that point of view before, but it makes perfect sense. And, now I think about it, I can't think of any instructors I've met who I've known haven't had one or the other.
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