Originally Posted by englishal
IO has a point. If you are at sufficient standard to pass the FAA IR, why not take the FAA PPL in the same flight test?
Not one that stands up to scrutiny though. Have you seen people who have just completed their IR course? They don't know how to look out of the window anymore. Cover the AI and they struggle completely with a steep turn. The FAA PPL requires ground reference manouevers that your JAA PPL has probably never seen. The PP and IR test totally different skills, just because you are good at one doesn't mean you are good at the other.