Have any of you been in L2K when the weather closes in a bit on a previously nice summers day.
I have.
20 pilots all standing fidgeting in front of the resteraunt.
I was the only one with an instrument rating. A whole lot of them had a lapsed IMCR - couldnt be bothered to renew it last time around they said.
Ten minutes later, and after finishing off the coffee a quick look around reveals half of them have gone. One after another climbs away into the overcast or scuds out over the sea.
I can assure you it is a true story.
Releaving pilots who have or have had an IMCR will be a disaster. More than a few will carry on using it as if nothing has changed.
Some will scud run and yet other new pilots who are no longer able to do an IMCR but who fly regularly will lose their lives.
If and when it happens and if you are part of AOPA, PPLIR, a career pilot or anything to do with EASA you are culpable - know it and believe it, because you will be responsible for one of the greatest debacles in aviation safety in this country.
That is all I have to say.