AOPA UK has been given a chance to counter some of the misinformation surrounding the UK’s IMC rating at a special meeting with representatives of EASA, EASA’s FCL008 Working Group, and the UK CAA in Cologne on October 5th.
Two AOPA representatives have been invited to the meeting – Chief Executive Martin Robinson will go, along with Nick Wilcock of the AOPA Instructors Committee. Exactly what form the meeting will take has not been clarified, but at some point – and for the first time – AOPA UK is expected to be given the opportunity to make the case for the IMC rating, and to propose how it may be continued in the UK even after Europe-wide harmonisation.
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