The 58-year-old pilot, who had a flying experience of more than a decade, did not have the
instrument rating and hence, was not licensed to fly in the downpour which lashed New York, including Manhattan on Monday, officials said.
He said it appeared Mr Ibbotson, from Crowle, Lincs, "did not have an
Instrument Rating" on his private UK pilot's licence.
Plus, in explaining the change, the FAA specifically tells us, "An IPC is still driven by the standards for the
instrument rating practical test." Expect the ACS, or what ever may replace it in the future, to be the guidance identifying the tasks required within each area of operation.
The rest of us face many more variables, and how we respond to them can impact every aspect of how and whether we earn the
instrument rating.
The report said the ADC believed from the progress strip that the Cessna crew were undertaking
instrument rating training and that he did not discover the crew were undertaking ILS calibration training until after the accident.
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Instrument rating for the $800 million 8.294 per cent amortising senior secured bonds due 2014: Aa2 / on review for possible downgrade.
The training course, called Course Delta, began training in January 2008 and after 17 months the participants received their commercial pilot licences with
instrument rating.
"My brother spent two years in the US doing his American
instrument rating, which he got and now he's just passed his European
instrument rating, meaning he's now a global commercial pilot, it's the holy grail of the pilot's world."
You usually assume a pilot holding a Special
Instrument Rating and having better than 5,700 hours of flight time would have been more aware.
Sault College Aviation Technology (Flight) students currently earn a Commercial License, Multi-Engine endorsement and Group 1
Instrument rating. The College, one of two in Canada offering these credentials, is the only one in Northern Ontario.
You'll also need a SEL commercial certificate with an
instrument rating.
Thinking rating, toughest rating, necessary rating, unnecessary rating--all descriptions we've heard of the
instrument rating. No matter what you call it, the instrument ticket is virtually essential if you wish to fly professionally or, in our opinion, get the most out of ownership of a GA airplane designed for traveling.