Beagle
As you well know the proposed eir is not the same as the imcr and the irr may not be available throughtout easa.
As to my comments regarding martin he rufused to lend aopa uks support to the imcr or to the campaign to save it to which i quote he said it was as much use as a chocolate teapot. He then changed aopas stance when he realised the tide had turned, aopas stance was very unpopular and they had little choice but jump on the band wagon. Personal opinion it maybe but aopa uk has lost its way under martin resulting in an organisation very poorly supported (with less than 10 % of the pilot population being members) and with few friends amoung the other representative organisations. I have no idea why he has clung on for so long and a change is well overdue - its not a job for life, although it does seem otherwise.
I appreciate you will disagree, but you did ask.