To be honest, as a someone who just seeks a JAR PPL/IR I'm not going to get too worked up about this. Spoke to GTS at Bournemouth recently about doing the ground school and they said that since I already hold an ICAO IR then I wouldn't even have to attend any of the consolidation days provided I completed the distance learning to the required standard, I could then just go and pass the exams at Gatwick without ever having sat in a classroom. I think I'll probably do the exams in two sessions and since we still have a bit of time before EASA FCL comes in there's no rush.
15hrs conversion is a bit of drag but in reality I could do that in a week or two sometime next summer when I have the time...not really a bit deal.
PS I'm sorry if anyone else is upset at me playing this down...
