slw29 wrote:
I seem to remember that there was a condition that the IR(R) training can only be put towards the new EASA IR ratings if it has been given by an instructor qualified to teach the full instrument rating
Regrettably, that rumour came about from people who had jumped the gun and hadn't waited for the AMC&GM to be released
In any case, the course needed to obtain the qualification needed to instruct for the IR was the same as for the IMCR, bar the FI/IRI's own experience pre-requisites. And just how would you know whether or not someone who taught IF 30 years ago was qualified to teach for the IR? The problem was one of EASA's own making, as it didn't have anything between the PPL and the IR which required an IF instructor. Whereas we do.
Eddie Seymour wrote:
Is there anything different on TK, Basically these are 7 exams.
No, there are 7
subjects. Perhaps some exams could be combined? AOPA UK will be pressing for the C-bM IR exam(s) to be able to be taken at an ATO rather than at Gatwick / Oxford / Shuttleworth etc.