Originally Posted by
englishal
I just don't know why there can't be a "PRIVATE" and "COMMERCIAL" IR (or my preferred wording "not authorised for public transport ops". For the Private there should be training as required to pass the flight test, one exam, and credit for previous instrument time (for example then the IMC time would count). The flight test could be to the same standards too.
To a very real extent that is true in FAA land and if the FCL.008 proposals on the more sensible IR come to pass it will be true here as well. (In the sense that the commercial stuff is included in the commercial licences and in the US the ATPL ride and type ratings have significantly tighter IMC tolerances than the IR).
I have disagreed with a lot of what Fuji has said, but his most recent post seems like a very sensible strategy to go forward with.