12 month renewal for the IMC is a good thing.I feel some FTOs don't take the rating seriously enough.
A couple of years back a chap walks into the club to renew his IMC, after not using it for 24 months. He has one trip with a FI who says he is not ready for test. Nevertheless he books a test and fails.One week later he goes to another school up the road, no extra training and passes the test.
The guy is now legal, and someone has said 'yes you're good enough'...we couldn't believe it!
There seems vastly different standards, all that does is devalue the rating, and reduce safety.
Yes you get different standards of PPL but the varation in standards of IMC holders seems greater, this needs to be addressed.