Sorry to hijack the thread but on the subject of the EIR, if I am reading this correctly:
Applicants for the EIR, holding a Part-FCL PPL or CPL and a valid IR(A) issued in accordance with the requirements of Annex 1 to the Chicago Convention by a third country, may be credited in full towards the training course requirements mentioned in point (c). In order to be issued the EIR, the applicant shall:
(1)
successfully complete the skill test for the EIR;
(2)
by way of derogation from point (d), demonstrate during the skill test towards the examiner that he/she has acquired an adequate level of theoretical knowledge of air law, meteorology and flight planning and performance (IR);
(3)
have a minimum experience of at least 25 hours of flight time under IFR as PIC on aeroplanes.’
Says that an FAA IR holder (or other ICAO IR holder) doesn't need to do a theoretical course, nor the training but only take and pass the skills test.
This is quite useful to know, as the CAA will issue the IR(R) based on the FAA IR (exempt from theory, training and flight test), and if one then added the EIR by way of skills test only, then one effectively has near enough full IR privileges in the UK, and access to airways while abroad....
I wonder if the IR(R) and EIR could be renewed in one flight test ? Presumably it could....