flybyschool
from what I was briefed, maximum number of SPIC hours allowed is 20 on an integrated training... and our students conduct a to tal of 80 PIC hours (including the SPIC). This includes also 50 of PIC Cross Country...
don’t know where but your figures must be wrong... or at least, it is completely different to what we Offer in our integrated training
My figures are part-FCL the regulations. But I thought the same as you until I heard this was going on. When I did my training the only SPIC time was IFR and VFR PIC was always real solo.
(b) 70 hours as PIC, of which up to 55 hours may be SPIC.
rudestuff, I did not know that. it sounds crazy to me.
Duchess
. The instrument flight time as SPIC
shall only be counted as PIC flight time up to a maximum of 20 hours;
As it says in the regulations that 20 hours applies to instrument flight time, but looking at those regulations that 55 hours SPIC has to come from somewhere, and if it is not from IFR it must me VFR.