It is a Micky Mouse instrument rating and I always as you know supported the idea of a FAA style instrument rating valid across Europe
Pace, I sometimes wonder why you post on the Private Flying columns, because you post, most of the time, some of he most condescending bull!!!! I have ever heard from another pilot. You fly a Citation, commercially, so why not hang out on the Bizjet forum. But no, you come here, spouting all you appear to know, about everything. Some guys have worked damned hard to get their Mickey Mouse rating, which you think, they should not blacken the sky's in case they hit you. It's the same with the nonsense regarding flying an SEP over water. Heaven forbid one of the underlings should do it IMC, with an Imcr rating
Look,
You really need to come to Pprune for accurate information
Sorry not where you are concerned.
The CAA has deemed the Imcr, a credible rating, allowing pilots to fly in IMC conditions, with restriction. Not anywhere on their website does it state, Get out of Jail Card, a phrase which you use with monotonous regularity.
Pace, grow up please, you may just gain a bit more respect...