DFC
Some useful comment, but I am left wondering why 50 pilots a day are signing a petition to retain the IMC rating.
It is actually quite hard getting people to support a campaign, so the level of support would suggest there are other factors at work.
EASA granting a moratorium on the IMC rating would also suggest that they are at least interested to see how the campaign pans out.
Someone emailed me a while back.
This is the jist of what he said.
I am an ex military pilot. I held a military instrument qualification for many years. I now fly and enjoy aerobatics at competition level.
I want to safely operate above a broken cloud base rather than below, knowing that I can enter cloud on the way down if I need to. I dont need a civil IR.
The IMC rating means I can do this legally and safely.
For me, a regulators responsibility is to enhance my safety and the safety of every other user of the system. The IMC rating means I can do what I do more safely.