Beagle would you care to elaborate what has been suggested?
Not at this point in time.
"soaringhigh650 - Long live the "IR" with less than 30% of the training! "
Presumably he is referring to the C-bM IR, which requires only 60% of the current theoretical knowledge syllabus / exams?
But what about the situation where gliders are thermalling below cloud to over 3000ft - being the split point of what is in/out of VMC criterion.
So said glider is certainly NOT in cloud, yet closer to cloud (usually vertically) than permitted to still be in VFR?
FCL.600 states:
Operations under IFR on an aeroplane, helicopter, airship or powered-lift aircraft shall only be conducted by holders of a PPL, CPL, MPL and ATPL with an IR appropriate to the category of aircraft or when undergoing skill testing or dual instruction.
There is no reference to any such requirement for sailplanes.....
