Originally Posted by
Fuji Abound
Genghis i think you will find the faa ir is every bit as hard as our equivalent - some would say "harder" some would say the emphasis has far more to do with real world application. I dont think anyone seriously argues these days there is much between them. In fact the evidence is faa ir holders in europe have a lower accident rate than jaa ir holders. I dont think the cat enviroment is relevant - instrument flying in a multi crew commercial cockpit is very different than single pilot ifr ops. One might say single pilot ops with a six pack and no ap outside cas is as tough as it gets. Some are even currently questioning the instrument skills of certain french atpls at the moment.
"Hard" as in the cost and complexity of obtaining and maintaining it.
If those were as easy for the JAR-IR, then we wouldn't see so many N registered high performance singles and light twins in Europe.
G