I have PPL-A and IR theory completed.
I am about to begin flight training with a flight school in Spain, but suddenly they now refuse to let me begin because they claim I have to have VFR night rating, not only to take the skill test, but just to be allowed to begin IR training.
However, Part-FCL says something different:
FCL.610 IR — Prerequisites and crediting
Applicants for an IR shall: (a) hold:
(1) at least a PPL in the appropriate aircraft category, and:
(i) the privileges to fly at night in accordance with FCL.810, if the IR privileges will be used at night;
So how can a school claim with certainty that I have to have VFR night rating to even begin IR SEP training? Weird!
