On various posts for sometime I think DFC has expressed considered arguments, not all that I have agreed with, that been met with practical frustrations by IO540 et al. Let's fetch the personal bickering to a close and find some common ground. Much time is spent on this forum, but no one really cares about opinions. You should get together (I mean in a practical and geographical sense) with the sole aims of devising what are the real aspirations of the British/European instrument flyer, agreeing an appropriate training/examination regime to achieve that safetly and then to lobby for it. I think DFC has influence and inside knwowldege and IO540 has drive - together there's a team!
Who knows, there could be a couple of OBEs or even peerages in it ... particularly if you have spare bob or two (as clearly IO540 has
).