sternone
Totally agree. In my opnion the UK IMCR should only be for getting yourself to safety in an inadvertant IMC event. It should not be a way to plan IMC/IFR flight in any airspace. Ideal qalification for future upgrade to IR and a life saver.
The only route to IFR in controlled airspace for the PPL holder should be a 'new' IR with a much reduced technical content to the written exams. Self study allowed and not tied in to an FTO. (European type FAA IR?) A modular approach with reduced flight experience would be unsafe.
I come from an airline background, and find my present single crew IFR flying, much more demanding especially in actual IMC.(Could be my age though!) Although much safer and easier than grubbing around at low level trying to avoid the ground and controlled airspace etc.
I believe the UK proposed EIR is a nonsense and unworkable in the real world of weather forecasting and ATC