Hi,
not that I care one way or the other about this debate, but...
But, out of about 20-30 who (IIRC) started in that Flyer group about 2 years ago,
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I think there are around 6 or 7 of us that have finished so far
that is an astonishingly poor success rate and reflects the collective hassle involved.
Well, it either "reflects the hassle involved" or, one could argue, the lack of dedication of those who didn't carry on. Bit like people who do a PPL then never fly again.
My twopence worth, but I tend to agree that doing the JAA IR is not that big a deal and if you are going to be flying EU-reg planes in Europe I can't see much of an advantage to going through the (from what I read here) seemingly complicated process of shuttling back and forth between Europe and the US and getting all the various bits of paper from both authorities.
As for doing FAA checkrides in Europe, there are
these guys who apparently teach the FAA IR course--presumably they can arrange checkrides as well? (I'm not associated with them)