| THE INSTRUMENT RATING |
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Here is what you need to do to get the Very valuable Instrument
Rating:
1) Hold at least a private pilot certificate.
2) Be able to read, write, and converse fluently in English.
3) Hold a current FAA medical certificate.
4) Receive and log ground training from an authorized instructor (i.e.
ground school course) or complete a home-study course using an
instrument textbook and/or videos. Subjects must include :
a) FARs
b) IFR-related items in the AIM
c) ATC system and procedures
d) IFR navigation
e) Use of IFR charts
f) Aviation weather
g) Operating under IFR
h) Recognition of critical weather
i) Aeronautical Decision Making (ADM)
j) Crew resource management (CRM)
5) Pass the FAA instrument rating knowledge test with a score of 70%
or better.
6) Accumulate flight experience (FAR 61.65).
a) 50 hours of cross-country flight time as pilot in command.
i) The 50 hr. includes solo cross-country time as a student pilot,
which is logged as pilot-in-command time.
ii) Each cross-country must have a landing at an airport that was
at least a straight-line distance of more than 50 NM from the
original departure point.
b) A total of 40 hr. of actual or simulated instrument time in the areas
of operation listed in section (7) below, including:
i) 15 hr. of instrument flight training from a Flight instructor
certified to teach the instrument rating (CFII)
ii) 3 hr. of instrument training from a CFII in preparation for the
practical test within 60 days preceding the practical test
iii) Cross-country flight procedures that include at least one
cross-country flight that is performed under IFR and consists of
1) A distance of at least 250 NM along airways or
ATC-directed routing
2) An instrument approach at each airport
3) Three different kinds of approaches with the use of
navigation systems
c) Up to 20hr. of the instrument training may be accomplished in an
approved flight simulator or flight training device if the training
was provided by a CFII.
7) Demonstrate flight proficiency (FAR 61.65(c)). You must receive and
log training, as well as obtain a logbook sign-off (endorsement) from
your CFII on the following areas of operation:
a) Preflight preparation
b) Preflight procedures
c) Air traffic control clearances and procedures
d) Flight by reference to instruments
e) Navigation systems
f) Instrument approach procedures
g) Emergency operations
h) Post-flight procedures
8) Successfully complete the instrument rating practical test (oral and
flight test), as specified in practical test standards (PTS) for the
instrument rating, which will be conducted by an FAA designated
examiner.
Rating:
1) Hold at least a private pilot certificate.
2) Be able to read, write, and converse fluently in English.
3) Hold a current FAA medical certificate.
4) Receive and log ground training from an authorized instructor (i.e.
ground school course) or complete a home-study course using an
instrument textbook and/or videos. Subjects must include :
a) FARs
b) IFR-related items in the AIM
c) ATC system and procedures
d) IFR navigation
e) Use of IFR charts
f) Aviation weather
g) Operating under IFR
h) Recognition of critical weather
i) Aeronautical Decision Making (ADM)
j) Crew resource management (CRM)
5) Pass the FAA instrument rating knowledge test with a score of 70%
or better.
6) Accumulate flight experience (FAR 61.65).
a) 50 hours of cross-country flight time as pilot in command.
i) The 50 hr. includes solo cross-country time as a student pilot,
which is logged as pilot-in-command time.
ii) Each cross-country must have a landing at an airport that was
at least a straight-line distance of more than 50 NM from the
original departure point.
b) A total of 40 hr. of actual or simulated instrument time in the areas
of operation listed in section (7) below, including:
i) 15 hr. of instrument flight training from a Flight instructor
certified to teach the instrument rating (CFII)
ii) 3 hr. of instrument training from a CFII in preparation for the
practical test within 60 days preceding the practical test
iii) Cross-country flight procedures that include at least one
cross-country flight that is performed under IFR and consists of
1) A distance of at least 250 NM along airways or
ATC-directed routing
2) An instrument approach at each airport
3) Three different kinds of approaches with the use of
navigation systems
c) Up to 20hr. of the instrument training may be accomplished in an
approved flight simulator or flight training device if the training
was provided by a CFII.
7) Demonstrate flight proficiency (FAR 61.65(c)). You must receive and
log training, as well as obtain a logbook sign-off (endorsement) from
your CFII on the following areas of operation:
a) Preflight preparation
b) Preflight procedures
c) Air traffic control clearances and procedures
d) Flight by reference to instruments
e) Navigation systems
f) Instrument approach procedures
g) Emergency operations
h) Post-flight procedures
8) Successfully complete the instrument rating practical test (oral and
flight test), as specified in practical test standards (PTS) for the
instrument rating, which will be conducted by an FAA designated
examiner.