By what date in 2012 do I need to get my IMCR? Once you have PPL, how long does it take to get IMCR?

May I offer an alternative view.

I think we are moving towards cheaper and more reliable flight with electric propulsion. I've been on about it ad nauseam in another thread, so I'll spare you here. But electric propulsion is the great leveler - the technology is so simple, reliable and cheap that it will lover costs of flying across the board. Might not be in the next 5 years, but quicker than people think.

When I complained to my CRI about how expensive it had became to fly comparing to a few years back.
He told me when he started to fly, he earned 1.5 kr per hour, worked for a week and got paid 60 kr. The plane he rented cost 1 kr per minute, so for one week of work he could fly for one hour during the weekend.

60 kr is about 6£, I didn't say anything more about the cost of flying to him.. ;)

Adam

I cannot see pure electric ever being the case but as in cars I could see electric/Petrol with maybe Avgas for takeoff climb, electric for cruise and Avgas for final approach and landing ?

Pace