Originally Posted by
EXDAC
If, however, the base UK licence grants Day VFR privileges solely because there is no night rating and no instrument rating then the 61.75 with IR would allow operation under IFR in IMC.
Nope. If a 61.75 licence is issued on the back of a UK licence which is restricted to DAY VFR (for whatever reason), then the 61.75 will inherit those restrictions and will be endorsed with the phrase
"ALL LIMITATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS ON THE UNITED KINGDOM PILOT LICENSE APPLY."
If the holder subsequently passed a US IR, then the licence would be endorsed as such, and any IFR restriction would be removed. But this is all moot since the pilot of this aircraft did not hold any endorsement on his FAA licence that would permit flight under IFR. This much is a matter of public record. The privileges of his UK licence have been widely circulated, but are not in the public domain as a matter of fact. He is said to have an expired IMCr and a day VFR restriction by virtue of being colour blind.
Time will tell whether this is true or not.