>This has all been done to death before but I just like to jump in when somebody has a go at the IMCR<
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It may appear that I am having a go at the IMCR when infact I am not. I too enjoyed the IMCR for years and used it in anger.
I would add that for a basic PPL without experience the training for the IMCR is not sufficient for the rating to be used as an OCAS mini IR.
The majority of IMCR holders do use it as a safeguard for VFR flying and not in anger.
The safety benefits are pushed a lot in these threads but lets be clear these safety benefits are to VFR pilots NOT safety benefits to flying in IMC. There is a subtle difference.
I have no fears that we will loose the IMCR in the UK there is too strong a safety case for that to happen.
I have NO confidence at all that it will ever be accepted in Europe. Trying to make the IMCR a European target will only achieve any possibilities of a greater prize an achievable IR to be missed. That will be a LOST OPPORTUNITY.
So against the IMCR? NO! Do I see a larger prize YES! Can we loose that prize by chasing something we will not loose anyway YES YES YES.
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