I do wonder where the training providers are in this at the moment? Is anybody gearing up to provide the aerobatic rating or these new slimmed down IRs as soon as they're available? I can't see any evidence of it at the moment.
Around here I think they're too busy trying to think of ways to stay in business during the olympics.
Also 40 hours P1 to undertake an aerobatic rating is stupid which ever way you look at it. How many aerobatic accidents are there to justify this and how will bimbling around for 40 hours in a spam-can reduce that number? It's just another pointless hoop.