Originally Posted by
BillieBob
There is no such thing as a 'Competency based IR'
Top pedantry... To everyone else, this new way of getting an IR is known as the Competency Based IR! Although it makes no practical difference, an IR issued this way even mentions it in the comments next to the rating.
Hi BillieBob, can you tell us how many hours (or days) are required for each of your three options, I believe that the IMC IR-R is just 15 hours, post PPL.
IR(R) - 15 hours of dual instruction
EIR - 15 hours of instruction of which at least 10 must be at an ATO
CB-IR - 40 hours of instruction of which at least 10 must be at an ATO, and an overall total of 25 hours instruction. In other words, you can count 15 hours of 'experience' towards it. You could also potentially count the whole of your IR(R) training as well... see below.
Quite a few people (myself included) are doing the IR(R) and then moving on to the CB-IR. If you do this, make sure whoever is training you for the IR(R) knows that your long term aim is the CB-IR. They can drum other useful stuff into you that they may otherwise overlook.
Ideally, there's an argument for doing the IR(R) with an organisation that also offers the CB-IR as they will have experience of the kinds of good practice that will be useful when you move onto the CB-IR.