Now whilst I understand that there is a want for standisation over europe, why should our country have to lose a perfectly safe rating that many have because a few countries don't want it. Personally I feel if it was to be implimented for the rest of Europe. the pilots in those countries been free to get it if they want, they would finally understand it's use, get one and it would be the greatest rating ever then.
Most, if not all of the private pilot community in the UK is screaming out for this rating to be saved, surely we shouldn't have to fight to keep it as there is nothing to fight about. It's been around a long time and the facts speak for themselves. It's clear that someone doesn't want to do an extra bit of paper work and are using other countries rejections as the grounds upon that. Perhaps the only way to save the IMC rating is to elect our own IMC board to deal with the issuing of IMC ratings?