Julian - you have it in a nutshell.
Fuji - I say again, tell me what I can do to help (I have already written to 2 MPs) and I will do it without question. You have my absolute support, unfortunately you have my pragmatism along with it !
I can also promise you that your comment ref following rules blindly was, if aimed at me, a long way off the localiser !
Bose, I can't be bothered to get into an argument, if you're trying to tell me that if you wanted IFR priledges, couldn't get a JAA IR, but could get an FAA one, you'd just continue to fly VFR ...
Happy to hear that the "more accessible IR" is progressing, anyway : where do we find out about accepted changes to date ?
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