Im in the process of converting my FAA IR to JAA IR, Ive done the Commercial skills test and ATPL subjects, so all thats left is the 15 hour course of which 10 hours can be in an FNPT 2 sim.
Im doing it at a school in Exeter where ther are a few blokes in the same position.
No one seems hassled that they're in a worse position because of the route they took to getting their IR, in the end we have all got to take the same test.