There were four requirements to upgrade from AFI to FI
CAP 54 -To qualify for the grant of a FI Rating (Aeroplanes)the applicant will be required to:
1. Have obtained not less than 400 hours experience as PIC of aeroplanes incl: uding 200 hours as an instructor on aeroplanes.
2. To have been a AFI or military QFI for a period of at least 6 months
3. If an AFI to have qualified for the removal of the no applied Instrument instruction restriction.
Where an AFI rating is issued with a restriction on applied instrument flying instruction the rating holder may qualify for removal of the restriction by completing additional training and passing a further flight test and ground examination conducted by an FIE. The additional training must include not less than 15 hours of ground training and 7 hours of flying raining, and it must be carried out at an approved FTO iunder a FIC Instructor. Holders of an AFI rating granted prior to 1 August 1987 are required to carry out 20 hours of ground training and 10 hours of flight training for removal of the restriction.
4. Applicants for a FI Rating will be required to pass a Flight Test and Ground Examination conducted by an FIE