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Thanks for correcting me
YES I Totally agree on the confusion with the stuff that comes out from EASA even the CAA get confused with it or rather how to interpret it
We were discussing EASA years ago and the IMCR! I was opposed to retaining it because I saw it as a diversion from a Europe wide FAA style IR! I agree the JAA exams were a major stumbling block for the working / family man in achieving a sensible, achievable IR!
IMO if you fly IFR and airways you have to be able to fly instruments with the precision and tolerances required in the JAA and FAA instrument ratings! Do that and you are fit to fly IFR /airways whether you are a PPL or CPL but there has to be a challenging flight test which will load you to make sure you can handle the worst / I never had the impression that the IMCR quite made that standard ?
Yes trim the exams to FAA style but the flying and tolerances and loading required no as IMC IFR airways is not a place to burn out and not cope with! Hence my referral to Micky mouse rating which I apologise for
Pace