Many people start the IR run out of money/time and give up...
The failure rates are high and the real cost is significantly above headline cost
After all there is a limit to how much MEIR time one can afford (Cost £6/minute) when one is paid only about 20 pence a minute as a flight instructor
Some may go abroad to do it - Im told the czeck republic is OK
for JAR-IRs, Ireland ??
Some wait until fATPLs are wanted in this industry they then run out of time (only 36 months) and they never get to this point...
They then go back to reality...