Here's one for you -
A JAA CPL plus an IMC issued 2012.
In 2013 this was converted to an EASA Licence at the same time as adding ME and IR. A UK Licence was also requested.
The EASA license is CPL and has IR(R) listed
The UK license is also CPL but does not have IR(R) included. On query they say that the privileges of a UK CPL also incorporates the privileges of the IMC / IR(R).
All fine and dandy. Two questions -
Do my IR(R) privileges as part of my UK CPL ever expire?
(Note I don't have the rating explicitly expressed on my UK License, it's part of my CPL)
If someone applies for an EASA CPL, and also applies for a UK license, will he also have embedded IMC / IR(R) privileges, even though he could quite easily have never see approaches and holds since these aren't required for the CPL training.