I am very pessimistic on that issue after seeing that there are even FTO's here (who would profit massively from a realistic IR) who are against it as they feel they can make more money with the 7 subject current test Equally, there is a VERY strong lobby against having more "insects" flying IFR in Europe from ATC, who wish GA to go away and not possibly to "intrude" into "their" airspace!!
The chair of FCL.008 was nominated by
IAAPS.
I've seen a fair amount written here about both of these "lobbies". I've never seen any evidence that they exist. They didn't comment on the NPA, didn't react to the CRD, and apparently didn't manage to get a single member state to vote against the proposals. When are they going to come crawling out of the woodwork, and what exactly are they going to do to get their way?