The new EIR appears to offer me the ability to continue the journey without incident and arrive at my destination and land with the sun shining
Sorry, disagree somewhat. An IFR flight, is a delicate, time intrusive plan, having to be well thought out prior to departure. The need to understand your transit levels, which frequency and service you would require, cloud tops, icing levels, etc etc. Also, the full knowledge, of IFR arrivals be they STAR, ILS, or VOR/DME, SRA, et al.
The thought that it is all a simple piece of cake, popping up, then popping down, is not my take on it.
I have the full boona so to speak, in ratings, but still require regular instructor led training in order to remain current, to competently fly IFR, to a standard where I do not scare myself !!!!less. IMO, this is where it is at, regular, and competent recurrent training in IFR flight, and of course, VFR
