Hi Hicks,
I am definitively not the best person to answer these questions but I can give you some sugestions:
You can find lots of information regarding the new JARs on
www.jaa.nl . Its painfull to go through all the regulations but everything is there. I assume that although you have a UK qualification you want to persue the JAA route.
1) That is what I am planning to do unless someone proves otherwise.
2) This one I am also looking for an answer!
3) As far as I know and as I mentioned in my previous post, the requirement is 50 hours, in fact this is what is on the JAA website about this
"An applicant for an IR(A) shall hold a PPL(A) including a night qualification or CPL(A) and shall have completed at least 50 hours cross-country flight time as pilot-in-command in aeroplanes or helicopters of which at least 10 hours shall be in aeroplanes. "
Hope this helps and keep the topic going!
TheNavigator
[This message has been edited by TheNavigator (edited 15 March 2001).]