You will be amongst a very select few who have
got the JAA PPL IR in UK
Only a handful have been granted... 20?
The IR has become the flight test for the fATPL in Europe
and is not intended for PPLs who are assumed to only
need VFR...
Quite unlike US where its assumed that such a rating
is essential for PPL's flying around the busiest airports
in the word such as Newark where the Wx is appalling
in the winter...