To lose the IMCR would be a crime
Pace, you can rejoice in the C-b M IR all you like - but it would still be a wholly disproportionate price to pay for MOST UK pilots who don't want to play airliners in little spamcans, they just need a safe way of coping with UK weather.
The FI who needs to pop up to VMC-on-top to teach S&L 1/2 can do that with an IMCR - the added cost in time and money for 60% of the current IR syllabus would be completely disproportionate. Have you even looked at the difference in cost between obtaining an IMCR and a C_b M IR?
Goudou knows that certain Member States will certainly vote against the draft Opinion in its current state, due to their concerns about the EIR. Equally, others may vote against it for its lack of flexibility. It is not possible to vote for selected parts of the draft Opinion, it's all or nothing.
Pressure will be brought to amend this stupid document - and if that delays your precious 'FAA-style IR', or the conversion of flags-of-convenience IRs obtained elsewhere for use in foreign-registered aircraft, then you can thank Goudou for not heeding the EASA Managment Board's call for flexibility.
In its current form, this document deserves to be rejected.
Last edited by BEagle; 27th Apr 2013 at 10:48.