1. The airlines don't seem to want to share the airways with EIR trained pilots. But under JT's proposal that is exactly what they would be doing, without restriction. In order to allay their fears, suppose we said that the EIR would not be valid in airspace classes, A, B and C.
Forget it. This would lead to IMC type low alt, non clearance, IFR in the UK as we'd be stuck below class A.
As the CAT doesn't want to share airways with "EIRs" then that is easy to fix. Make the practical test standards the same for both. How difficult is it to fly in an airway with precision? It is not.
My suggestion (again) is to limit the rating to precision approaches. Less to learn, cheaper to learn, and can be tested to the same PTS as the full IR.
Then everyone would be happy - the skygods of this world couldn't complain, the airlines couldn't complain, we wouldn't complain. Seems SO easy.....
(and give FAA IR holders one for free
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