This whole thing seems silly. Just doing the ground school, exams and flight tests to standards should be more than enough. The ironic thing is guys like myself or anyone else out there with a fair amount of real IFR time could be training with a guy with far less real experience. Candidate has 1000 hours of IFR time, instructor has 200. Who is teaching who? I mean learning the regulations, learning airspace requirements, learning procedures can be done outside an A/C or simulator. Experience is everything in this world. Just pass the damn ride. IFR is IFR, plain and simple. Anyone care to comment, give her a rip. Does anyone know if they will wave certain things with given experience on a case by case bases?? Cheers mates. In my mind it is a money grab by JAA schools with the assistance of the powers at be.