Oh please If you get an IR and don't use it you will be just as crap after 6 months as if you get the IMCR and don't use it.
Exactly.
Why is it you can almost always spot the commercial pilots and those with an IR from those who are not, or without, when the issue of the IMC raises its head?
Its just like us lot with a CAA IR who think we are a cut above the FAA lot - what a load of b*lls.
When you first get your IMCr you are a good 50% towards having the same skills sets as an IR holder. It up to you whether you develop those skill sets.