Under the FCL.008 proposals...
For the purpose of initial issue of a CBM IR, you need 40 hours of instrument instruction time, but you may substitute:
*instrument flight instruction time provided by an IRI(A) or an FI(A) holding the privilege to provide training for the IR (no more than 30 hours); or
* prior experience of instrument flight time as PIC on aeroplanes, under a rating providing the privileges to fly under IFR and in IMC (no more than 15 hours)
and you must always do at least 10 hours at an ATO specifically for the CBM IR.
The prior experience of instrument flight time as PIC can be under:
* a sub-ICAO national rating like the IMC rating
* an instrument rating on a national licence, which, for whatever reason, you cannot more easily convert to an EASA IR
* an instrument rating on an ICAO licence, which, for whatever reason, you cannot more easily convert to an EASA IR
So:
up to 30 hours
if conducted by an IRI(A) or an FI(A) holding the privilege to provide training for the IR
IFR flying since gaining the IMCR
instrument time, not IFR time as the proposal currently stands
IMCR renewal flights with an examiner
if it's P1/S, I guess so
sim flying (including for the IMCR)
Up to 20 hours on a course at an ATO for the CBM IR, but not for the IMCR.
And is the requirement to attend a course of study for the TK removed allowing self-study?
"An approved IR(A) competency-based modular course shall comprise at least 80 hours of
theoretical knowledge instruction. The theoretical knowledge course may contain
computer-based training and e-learning elements. A minimum amount of classroom
teaching as required by ORA.ATO.305 has to be provided. "
which means 10% or 8 hours in a classroom.