There is a serious consideration right now by EASA to forbid single crew IFR above FL290 (ie RVSM), this has just in one swoop effectively reduced by 40% the range of all the capable bizjets that would normally be cruising out of the way in the upper thirties and early forties.
Utter tosh.
Especially since FL290 is an RVSM level.
Now one bad apple does not ruin the crop but this is what you are up against in convincing ATC/EASA/ICAO that Part time PPL/IR's who lets face it probably aren't as current as they could be, should be mixing it with Airbuses and Boeings.
OK, so a part time pilot with a PPL/IR does a few more written exams, some VFR training and a test and they are now a part time CPL/IR...........please explain where they suddenly gained more instrument flying ability?
Regards,
DFC