If you don't think this matters, please explain why you are hostile to the idea that the UK should continue a rating that has been shown to be effective. Never mind the rules of EASA, please give me a moral reason why should the rest of Europe stop the UK doing something which is useful to the UK, and does absolutely no harm to the rest of Europe?
Fredacheck
I would agree with that! The UK is a special case in the fact that we are an island under maritime influence and hence more liable to poor viz and low cloud than many of our European neighbours who have many more VFR days than we do.
In that respect the IMCR is much more needed here and in Ireland than for instance Spain or a lot of the drier continental European countries which are not influenced by maritime airflows and temperatures that we have.
In that respect EASA should allow "special case" allowances for countries which are unusual to the standard and have special needs.
Pace