NEW INSTRUMENT RATINGS FOR EUROPE
21 Mar 2014
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Europe will be getting not one but TWO new Instrument Ratings for pilots from next month.
The European Parliament has passed laws implementing proposals for a new, more accessible full Competence-Based Instrument Rating (CB IR), as well as the En-route Instrument rating (EIR).
Both are available for private pilots (PPL(A) and holders of a commercial pilot's licence (CPL). They do not affect the airline pilot's licence (ATPL).
The new CB IR requires a total of 40 hours of instrument flight training, some of which can be achieved in approved flight simulators. Correctly recorded previous instrument time (such as that undertaken during training for the UK's IMC Rating, now known as the IR(R)) can count towards the 40 hours.
The two Ratings are the result of years of campaigning by many aviation organisations but especially, the PPL/IR Europe group. Also contained in the new laws is a sensible conversion path for non-European IRs, such as the US FAA IR.
LINK
PPL/IR article "How best to work on getting an IR now"
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