Can you do a complete distance course for JAA IR? That'd be ideal. I didn't think you could
Adam, distance learning for the JAR IR writtens is certainly achievable, despite your job. I've just completed the CATS on-line course that was backed up with a few sessions of groundschool held over weekends. My job is similar to yours in that it takes me overseas at short notice, but I passed all the writtens 1st time without too much effort.
BTW, just to correct
TWR's earlier post, you have 18 months to complete the exams (then a further 3 years to complete the flying)
Suggest you give Stuart at CATS (google it) a call.