IMCR Misbehaviour
Hi Fuji,
Let me say at the outset that I am in favour of the IMCR and want to see it retained.
However, within recent days we have all read the posts by a French ATCO who had personally handled a number of instances where IMC holders had quite illegally entered French airspace in serious IMC and had then become a serious problem for French air traffic control staff by reason of lack of skill, currency or judgement. She was adamant that she wished to see the IMCR scrapped, and as soon as possible.
Unfortunately, although French ATCOs do report the actions of these people to the French authorities, somehow this has not resulted in contact between DGAC and CAA with a view to prosecution, so the misbehaviour has continued.
Under these circumstances, it is surely no surprise that the French at least are against the IMCR. We have no way of knowing how these same people behave in other countries of the JAA participating countries. Perhaps these people are doing the same thing in Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands and elsewhere. So no wonder other countries are against the IMCR.
If we want to get other countries to support the IMCR, then this needs to be the first thing we attend to, as even the best of campaigns such as your own are going to fail if our own people are, in effect, 'shooting us in the foot'.
If the IMCR is to achieve support from other countries, then the holders of the rating have got to secure a reputation for being both competent and responsible.
Broomstick.