But just to be clear adding an FAA IR to a 61.75 adds nothing to the underlying JAA Licence.
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.. although - please correct me if I am wrong - but with an FAA IR added on to an 61.75 FAA PPL you can fly at night (as well as in IMC).
No, not unless you have a night qualification on the underlying licence.
My friend is in the US doing an FAA IR at the moment and just hit the hurdle of the night qualification. He has a JAA PPL with no night qualification and a 61.75 certificate that he was going to add the IR to while he built hours for an FAA CPL. As he did not have a JAA night qualification he could not do the IR and had to do an FAA PPL first which he did by doing the required night hours and cross country.
Actually when you pass a US IR they your FAA certificate is endorsed "US TEST PASSED". Because you cannot add the FAA IR without meeting ALL the requirements of the FAA PPL then you have to do 3 hrs at night. This then gives night privileges due to the US TEST PASSED. I never had a JAA NQ but did have FAA IR added to my 61.75 FAA certificate. Maybe I could only fly IFR at night
