SUBPART G – IR – INSTRUMENT RATING ( Easy Access )

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• SECTION 1 – COMMON REQUIREMENTS

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SECTION 1 – COMMON REQUIREMENTS

FCL.600 IR – General - Regulation (EU) 2020/359

Except as provided in point FCL.835, operations under IFR on an aeroplane, helicopter, airship or powered-lift aircraft shall be conducted only by holders of a PPL, CPL, MPL and ATPL with an IR appropriate to the category of aircraft or, if an IR appropriate to the category of aircraft is not available, only while undergoing skill testing or dual instruction.

FCL.605 IR – Privileges and conditions - Regulation (EU) 2021/2227

1. Privileges. The privileges of holders of an IR are to fly aircraft under IFR, including PBN operations, with a minimum decision height of:
   1. no less than 200 ft (60 m);
   2. less than 200 ft (60 m), provided that they are authorised to do so in accordance with Annex V (Part-SPA) to Regulation (EU) No 965/2012.
2. Conditions
   1. Holders of an IR shall exercise their privileges in accordance with the conditions established in Appendix 8 to this Annex.
   2. To exercise privileges as PIC under IFR in multi-pilot operation in helicopters, holders of an IR(H) shall have at least 70 hours of instrument time, of which up to 30 hours may be instrument ground time.

FCL.610 IR – Prerequisites and crediting - Regulation (EU) No 245/2014

Applicants for an IR shall:

1. hold:
   1. at least a PPL in the appropriate aircraft category, and:
      1. the privileges to fly at night in accordance with FCL.810, if the IR privileges will be used at night; or
      2. an ATPL in another category of aircraft; or
   2. a CPL, in the appropriate aircraft category;
2. have completed at least 50 hours of cross-country flight time as PIC in aeroplanes, TMGs, helicopters or airships, of which at least 10 or, in the case of airships, 20 hours shall be in the relevant aircraft category.
3. Helicopters only. Applicants who have completed an ATP(H)/IR, ATP(H), CPL(H)/IR or CPL(H) integrated training course shall be exempted from the requirement in (b).

FCL.615 IR – Theoretical knowledge and flight instruction - Regulation (EU) 2018/1974

1. Course. Applicants for an IR shall have completed a course of theoretical knowledge and flight instruction at an ATO. The course shall be:
   1. an integrated training course which includes training for the IR, in accordance with Appendix 3 to this Annex (Part-FCL); or
   2. a modular course in accordance with Appendix 6 to this Annex (Part-FCL).
2. Examination. Applicants shall demonstrate a level of theoretical knowledge appropriate to the privileges granted in the following subjects:
   1. air law;
   2. aircraft general knowledge — instrumentation;
   3. flight planning and monitoring;
   4. human performance;
   5. meteorology;
   6. radio navigation; and
   7. communications.