"This has been a real breakthrough for the JAA IR (ironically coming 10 years too late...) and to a very great degree removes what was historically a very major barrier. I wasted many years of G-reg ownership without an IR, and would have done one if this exam route had been available. I simply was never going to spend half my annual vacation in a theory classroom."
I'm one of the Flyer group and I agree with the above sentiment, if I'd have known what was really involved I would have done it a long time ago.
(Maybe instead of that Multi rating I did and renewed twice - but never used