Instrument rating

[ryda]

The requirements state that you need 20 hours cross country instrument time. How many of those hours can be in the sim?

[Cessna Capt]

from memory...NONE.

You can only count the sim time towards the req'd IF time, you still had to go out and play real pilot for the X-country time as the intial issue test requires you to navigate to somewhere other than the local NDB hang out.

Im open to corrections, things do change, i could be wrong

[Cap'n Arrr]

From memory, CIR is 40 hrs IF, of which 20 can be in the sim, and 20 must be XCountry in an aircraft.

[ryda]

ok thanks everyone. I found out that you are allowed up to 15 hours cross country from an approved sim.

Everyone has Captain in their name lol

[Cap'n Arrr]

Hahah i just noticed that too!

If it makes any difference, I got the idea for mine from a Pirate movie (as in a movie about pirates).

[AirlinePirate]

Arr.

So did I. It seemed like t' shipshape thin' t' do.

Arr.