I'm toying with the idea of doing an IR, but can't decide between UK IR, FAA IR, or ATPL.
I'd only be doing the ATPL because it seems, to me at least, that it's not much more work than doing the IR, plus it does rather open up a few options.
There's an outfit local to me that hire N reg planes, who I
highly recommend, but then you've got your minimum hire rates to consider if you want to go off for a few days.
I have no need to fly for business, so it all gets rather expensive, but the alternative is to forget the whole thing and drive to Europe when needed I suppose.
What would be really handy is if one of you IR holding Europe travelling rich blokes fancied taking me on a "familiarisation" trip, so I could weigh up for myself the pros and cons......
Don't forget, Christmas is coming!