Nobody wants to see the IMCR as an excuse for EASA failing to come up with a sensible PPL/IR, however
UNLESS EASA come up with a sensible IMCR we need to retain IMCR privileges and ideally extend them.
It is true that Europe doesn't really see light aircraft as a mode of transport, but I and many others use them like that and I'm not prepared to be have that right restricted unnecessarily.
As some one who (as yet) only has an IMCR but flies regularly with both G and N reg IR holders I have observed that flying IFR across Europe is a lot easier than VFR whether IMC or not, moreover I can do most of the operational and flying bits as well as they can, as long as I keep in practice. I have considered an FAA IR but since I own a G reg aeroplane I'm going to have to flog my way through the mad ground school requirements and then do the flying.
At least I'll have a good excuse to fit a garmin 430W
