Romeo Romeo Thanks for finding the very wording that was the subject of much dispute, at our local flying school, between, instructors, PPLs & students, on a Saturday morning, when it was TOO foggy even for IMC practice
The dispute being:-
Does the "recommended" ONLY relate to the first sub-clause "to add 200ft....." ?
Or does the "recommended" ALSO relate to the second sub-clause "but with an absolute minima of 500ft......" ?
Or, does the second sub-clause stand on its merits, & therefore the "absolute minima of 500ft......" means just that, so it is the LEGAL minima for IMC rated pilots ?
Now what we really need is a nit-picking pedantic flying lawyer, or just clarification from the CAA-SRG would do, please