Originally Posted by
foxmoth
not quite correct AIUI, ANYONE can fly IFR outside CAS ( and often inside CAS), but if you do not have the right qualifications you cannot do so in IMC, there is a difference between RULES and CONDITIONS.
In the brave new world of EASA, I don't think you can fly IFR,
anywhere, at any time now, without an IR, EIR, or, in the UK only, an IR(R).
I believe that it was EASA who confused IFR and IMC, when they wrote the new rules.
Just south of Cherbourg's zone flying towards Rennes Saint Jacques.
I don't have an IFR chart immediately to hand, but, if I remember correctly, isn't the entire area between Cherbourg Zone and Rennes Zone criss-crossed with Airways from about FL50 upwards?
MJ
Ps. Once the OP's question has been answered, I think it's fair play to allow the thread to drift a bit, so long as it's an interesting discussion.