If one has a MECIR and then attempts the NVFR, one automatically is eligible for a unrestricted NVFR (i.e. not SE) even if the test is done in a SE aircraft
Where is that written? Last time I looked, I wasn't able to find anything like that.
From the ATOM
Upgrade to multi-engine Night VFR
Where an applicant holds a night VFR rating limited to single engine aircraft and is upgrading to a night VFR rating with no limitation, the applicant must make application using the NVFR flight test form. ATOs are to conduct the flight test ensuring that all items on the flight test report are satisfied
No mention in the ATOM about "automatic" upgrades. One might attempt to construe this as adding the NVFR(ME) during a CIR(ME) test, however, apart from CIR and PIFR, you will most likely find you cannot conduct two flight tests simultaneously. The NVFR test is also conducted under separate criteria
The night portion of the test shall be conducted in VMC, and shall include, as a minimum, night circuits and a cross-country flight with a take-off and landing at an aerodrome remote from extensive ground lighting.
to the CIR test.
Fair enough they don't do it during daylight savings, when's last light over there? Duty times don't go forward an hour
They also don't extend by an hour. Most schools will roster instructors with night duties to start at say ten, rather than eight, so what's the problem there?
