As for the FCL.008 C-b M IR coming to this theatre soon, I wouldn't bet on that. If a vote has to be taken on all of FCL.008 rather than just parts of it, you can rest assured that at least one Member State will oppose it - because they have grave concerns about the proposed EIR. That's not the UK, incidentally....
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Beagle
I know you are a great supporter of the IMCR!
I never was not because of the IMCR or its quality or what it has achieved but because we were looking at a rating which would be universally accepted Europe wide.
I saw fighting for the IMCR as a distraction away from what we should have put 100% into fighting for which was an FAA style IR! A full IR with departure and approach as well as enroute.
The EIR is a flawed part way house with a number of safety threats to the holder who could be forced to land half way along his route with 200 foot cloudbases below his blissful in the sun cruise above cloud.
No ability or experience to get down.
I have flown into Barcelona numerous times CAVOK over the airport while thick dense cloud over the mountains where Tommy EIR rated has to be visual and leave the airway a recipe for disaster
Pace