Originally Posted by theresalwaysone
You are quite correct knowledge has no boundaries but I believe the IR test in the UK does!
Originally Posted by unfazed
Yes I know that we don't do this in the UK and yes a UK IR pilot would not necessarily know about this.
That's not true now. Test VORs, how to use them and tolerances are all part of the IR Theoretical Knowledge syllabus - see JAR-FCL 062 01 03 00. I was certainly told to do VOR/ILS and ADF checks using whatever navaids were available for both my IR and IMC examinations and I was picked up in an IR renewal the year before last for not checking the ADF thoroughly enough.