Renewing ME-IR without MEP
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Renewing ME-IR without MEP
Is it possible to keep the ME-IR current without renewing the MEP each year? AS the ME-IR can be done every other year on a FNPT2 this would save some money....
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You can revalidate an IR in a sim (provided that the previous revalidation/renewal was in an aeroplane). Essentially, you can alternate aeroplane/sim/aeroplane/sim as long as you don't let it expire. Not the MEP, though.
If you allow it to expire (beyond 12 months from the previous checkride) you will need to renew it and that can only be done in the aeroplane.
We charge £160 for the test fee - sim or aeroplane. It's the same fee whether it's renewal or revalidation.
EDIT: because I didn't read the question properly.
If you allow it to expire (beyond 12 months from the previous checkride) you will need to renew it and that can only be done in the aeroplane.
Originally Posted by Alister
How much is the skills test fee to revalidate an IR? Is it more expensive if I let my IR lapse and then renew it later?
EDIT: because I didn't read the question properly.
Last edited by moggiee; 2nd December 2009 at 13:07.
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sorry, slip of the keyboard.
You can, of course, only revalidate an IR in the sim, not the MEP - which always has to be done in the aeroplane. I must remember to read the questions more carefully - sorry.
You can, of course, only revalidate an IR in the sim, not the MEP - which always has to be done in the aeroplane. I must remember to read the questions more carefully - sorry.
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Is it more expensive if I let my IR lapse and then renew it later?
however if you have to renew in the air anyway, i dont see why there will be a differance.
