The way to guarantee failure is to sound off about how the UK does it better and safer than everyone else in Europe. Oh, and to send out our reps with no defined position helps to really screw things up.
Robin
There is a huge arguement made about the IMCR and safety benefits!
That implies as a IMC flying rating it has safety benefits which it does not,
To do that you would need to compare the IMCR to other IMC flying ratings ie the full IR.
THE SAFETY BENFITS ARE TO VFR FLYING: Ie get in a mess and you have some skills to cloud fly and even to take a down graded IAP to land,
The easy answer to that is to have the enroute privalages suggested with approach privalages only in an emergency and with a special call.
This would mean you were treated as an emergency and vectored onto an ILS by ATC: Argue the safety angle and thats all you may get on safety grounds with no furher safety arguement.
Hence why I plead to put all efforts towards an easier not less quality IR.
I know the above is not what IMCR holders want. They want the IMCR to be a mini IR in the UK and Europe.
But plead the safety angle and thats all you will or should get on that arguement.
Pace