PiperGirl,
I hate people stating that the CPL is a glorified PPL
Agree in sentiment. The CPL is a jumped up PPL in the sense that it more or less the PPL structure with some extras. But as with many things in life, the extra 20% of competence needed requires 80% more effort to achieve.
PowerderMonkey,
I am now 3 hrs over my 15hrs in the multi engine for my IR
I was a nice round 10 hours over by the time I completed. Judging by the success of others (not myself as yet - alas) I've drawn the conclusion that training hours (and 1st time passes) mean very little indeed, there are so many variables to contend with which I suspect don't present themselves in a TR, base or line training environment. As you suggest, with an IR flight lasting 2-3 hours sometime plus the ferry, there is no room in the 15hrs for mistakes, but as far as I'm concerned the CPL and IR are both demanding and mistakes happen.