OK Fuji, I have it in writing that the CAA's position on this matter is the same as my position.
End of debate.
Regards,
DFC
PS: IO540, did you hold an IMC rating when you started training for the FAA IR? If you did then why did you need any training as you already had an equivalent rating. You should have saved yourself a lot of money and just asked for the paperwork to be issued on the basis of the equivalent rating.
What do you think the FAA would say if some person in the CAA said you could fly an N reg PA28 with a microlight licence? I think that they would be asking who gave the CAA authority to decide who can fly US registered aircraft and also asking when the FAA can start saying who can fly G registered aircraft.