I don't really have anything in mind.....
Just a view that less flight training for a private pilot is not a particularly good idea and flying with less kit is tougher.
As far as I was aware IR training needs to be done "under the auspices of an APPROVED training organisation". In other words - the ones that cost mucho bucks and don't really have a flexible outlook. If you know different I would be happy to hear it.
I understand the US training system - I used it.