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11th May 2013, 13:50
I'm usually not too bad at dissecting the maelstrom of documentation imposed upon us by the wonderful EU and its Easan slaves but I cannot find an answer to the following conundrum...........
An applicant for an IR must have a CPL or a PPL with Night Flying privileges.
An applicant for an IMCR does not require Night Flying privileges.
Why the requirement for night flying privileges for the IR and no such requirement for the IMCR? I suspect the answer is that JAA / EASA has deemed that, in order to fly under IFR, there must be a higher level of expertise required of the IR applicant than that of the mere day flight mortal whereas the UK CAA determined that there was no such requirement for the IMCR.
If anything, I would have thought night flight under IFR in IMC (or simulated IMC) would have been a very useful part of the IR course as, speaking from experience, I have always found that SPA night flight in IMC tends to focus the concentration considerably more than by day - could be a personal thing though.
Next question - if an IR requires night flying privileges at the application stage, does this mean that an IR is only valid under any circumstances if the licence holder's night flying privileges are also current?.....or is the opposite correct, that the valid and current IR confers night flying privileges on the licence holder, regardless of whether the IR holder has carried out any TO/LDG at night in the last 90 days? Or should it be taken in its simplest context, the IR is only valid by night IF the night rating is also current?
Pointers to any legislation would be appreciated.
Thanks for the help.
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An applicant for an IR must have a CPL or a PPL with Night Flying privileges.
An applicant for an IMCR does not require Night Flying privileges.
Why the requirement for night flying privileges for the IR and no such requirement for the IMCR? I suspect the answer is that JAA / EASA has deemed that, in order to fly under IFR, there must be a higher level of expertise required of the IR applicant than that of the mere day flight mortal whereas the UK CAA determined that there was no such requirement for the IMCR.
If anything, I would have thought night flight under IFR in IMC (or simulated IMC) would have been a very useful part of the IR course as, speaking from experience, I have always found that SPA night flight in IMC tends to focus the concentration considerably more than by day - could be a personal thing though.
Next question - if an IR requires night flying privileges at the application stage, does this mean that an IR is only valid under any circumstances if the licence holder's night flying privileges are also current?.....or is the opposite correct, that the valid and current IR confers night flying privileges on the licence holder, regardless of whether the IR holder has carried out any TO/LDG at night in the last 90 days? Or should it be taken in its simplest context, the IR is only valid by night IF the night rating is also current?
Pointers to any legislation would be appreciated.
Thanks for the help.
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