This effectively prevents a JAA licence holder from flying IFR in any airspace without an IR (or National equivalent such as IMC). It is the major difference between a JAA licence and a UK National licence which has no such restriction.
I agree with Islander2; I cannot see the meaning of this. On my UK issued JAA PPL, before I got the IMCR, I could fly IFR
in VMC, yes? It doesn't matter if you have a UK CAA PPL or the post-2000 UK JAA PPL.
Any ICAO PPL holder can fly IFR in VMC in UK airspace - unless his State of license issue says otherwise (e.g. the FAA PPL holder cannot fly IFR at all without an IR, so what does this do for night flight in the UK which is automatically IFR aaaaaarrrrrrggggghhhhhh nooooo not that one again!!!!!
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is it possible then to fly n reg craft in uk airspace ifr in imc using your jaa ppl and imc rating. I am now from the above posts even less clear if you can do this to the channel islands. If the imc rating is valid there does this mean that you can fly n reg ifr to jersey on uk jaa ppl.
I know answer is to get faa ppl but i am just waiting for all the papers to go through.
aaaaaarrrrrrggggghhhhhh nooooo not that one again!!!!!
I have it in writing from both the CAA and the FAA that the UK IMCR is good for an N-reg plane. And there is no known
rule that states otherwise, with any clarity. You have an email or PM echobeach.
As regards Jersey, it has its own ANO and you would need a similar reply from the Jersey CAA and from the FAA....
But TBH this thread contains a fair # of old sleeping dogs which are never likely to be resolved with total clarity.