Ellemeet
And I agree .. But the practical training is completely the same as in Europe. The difference is the written part and at least that got a lot better. The FAA ir requires a lot more training than the imcr and still you did it.
To fly in CAS we have to be trained to a standard while any instrument training is better than none to operate safely in CAS is a lot to do with surveillance and a lot to do with trust that everyone is where they should be doing what they should do not a half trained loose canon creating Havoc.
Yes some IMCR pilots are as good as equivalent IR pilots because they have survived to the point where experience took over.
The proposed EIR is fine but there has to be a get out of jail option if it all goes pear shaped at either end.
Maybe a Tyro type call with an immediate vectoring by ATC and a ban on such flights where enroute airports report beow 1000 foot cloudbases ?
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