Why should anyone be struggling to complete a non-approved IR before the 30th June deadline?
If I remember correctly, the CAA first told us this was going to happen in 1997 and again in January 1999 through the AICs.
I know it all boils down to time and money but who in their right mind is going to leave something like this to virtually the last minute? - and even more importantly when faced with the prospect of coughing up another 20 grand for the privilege of doing the JAR IR modular course -that alone would scare me into action!
The first thing my instructors told me was to PLAN, PLAN, PLAN! It seems to me that anyone who finds themselves in this predicament has a total lack of awareness of the real world - in my opinion it would be a cheek to expect the CAA to bend over backwards to help you if you haven't been arsed to help yourself in the first place!
Let's face it, you're training for a professional licence - where's your professionalism??
No sympathy here I'm afraid!
Flaps