Sorry Ghengis, I disagree. I hold both FI, CRI (SE/ME) and IRI as individual ratings. I think the CRI is a terrific rating but it is not in the same league as an FI. Claiming that having the same revalidation requirements somehow makes you equal is naive and is just you wanting to shoot down a few people by saying that as you have met the same revalidation requirments you are an equal. But to put it bluntly you are not.
As I said if you want to be an equal in the bazaars go and do an FI, get it unrestricted and then say if you think the two ratings are similar.
As I said before, I don't see what was wrong with the old system for revalidating a CRI.