Level Attitude says 'Holding another Instrument Qualification, per se, gives no reduction to the CB IR requirement'.
This is not true.
Hi Linda, I think it is true and I think you agree.
I also said: "However previous IF experience (either DUAL or PIC) can be 'offset' against the 40 hour requirement" and you said: "The EIR training can be used as credit against the CB-IR 40 hour (s/e)"
It is the training that is allowed, not the qualification.
Of course, since they have minimum course requirements before being allowed to take an Initial Test, then holding an EIR or IMCR/IR(R) does prove prior required IF training for someone who then wishes to take an 'abridged' CB IR course.
However, for example, someone who completed 8 hours of an EIR course and then stopped without having taken the Test could then, if they wished and the training was properly documented, also use those 8 hours against the 40 required for the CB IR.