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Part FCL ANNEX I - Flight Crew Licencing
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FCL.625(c) AMC1
20th November 2021
should be included in an integrated manner, taking into account the particular
risks associated to the licence and the activity.
(c) An applicant who has completed a modular IR(A) course according to Appendix 6
Section A and passed the IR(A) theoretical knowledge examination should be fully
credited towards the requirements of theoretical knowledge instruction and
examination for a competency-based IR(A) or BIR within the validity period of the
examination. An applicant wishing to transfer to a competency-based IR(A) or
BIR course during a modular IR(A) course should be credited towards the
requirements of theoretical knowledge instruction and examination for a
competency-based IR(A) or BIR for those subjects or theory items already
completed.
IR - Skill test
(a) Applicants for an IR shall pass a skill test in accordance with Appendix 7 to this
Part to demonstrate the ability to perform the relevant procedures and
manoeuvres with a degree of competency appropriate to the privileges granted.
(b) For a multi-engine IR, the skill test shall be taken in a multi-engine aircraft. For a
single-engine IR, the test shall be taken in a single-engine aircraft. A multi-engine
centreline thrust aeroplane shall be considered a single-engine aeroplane for the
purposes of this paragraph.
(c) Applicants who have completed a skill test for a multi-engine IR in a single-pilot
multi-engine aeroplane for which a class rating is required shall also be issued
with a single-engine IR for the single-engine aeroplane class or type ratings that
they hold.
IR - Validity, revalidation and renewal
(a) Validity
An IR shall be valid for 1 year.
(b) Revalidation
(1) An IR shall be revalidated within the 3 months immediately preceding its
expiry date by complying with the revalidation criteria for the relevant
aircraft category.
(2) If applicants choose to fulfil the revalidation requirements earlier than
prescribed in point (1), the new validity period shall commence from the
date of the proficiency check.
(3) Applicants who fail to pass the relevant section of an IR proficiency check
before the expiry date of the IR shall exercise the IR privileges only if they
have passed the IR proficiency check.
(4) Applicants for the revalidation of an IR shall receive full credits for the
proficiency check as required in this Subpart when they complete EBT
practical assessment in accordance with Appendix 10 to this Annex related
to the IR at an EBT operator.
(c) Renewal If an IR has expired, in order to renew their privileges, applicants shall
comply with all of the following:
(1) in order to determine whether refresher training is necessary for the
applicant to reach the level of proficiency needed to pass the instrument
element of the skill test in accordance with Appendix 9 to this Annex, they
shall undergo an assessment at either of the following organisations:
a) an ATO;
b) an EBT operator that is specifically approved for such refresher
training;
(2) if deemed necessary by the organisation providing the assessment in
accordance with point (1), they shall complete refresher training at that
organisation;
(3) after complying with point (1) and, where applicable, point (2), they shall
pass a proficiency check in accordance with Appendix 9 to this Annex, or
complete EBT practical assessment in accordance with Appendix 10 to
this Annex, in the relevant aircraft category. That EBT practical
assessment may be combined with the refresher training specified in point
(2);
(4) they shall hold the relevant class or type rating unless specified otherwise
in this Annex.
(d) If the IR has not been revalidated or renewed in the preceding 7 years, applicants
for the IR shall pass again the IR theoretical knowledge examination and skill test.
(e) Holders of a valid IR on a pilot licence issued by a third country in accordance
with Annex 1 to the Chicago Convention shall be exempted from complying with
the requirements in points (c)(1), (c)(2) and (d) when renewing the IR privileges
contained in licences issued in accordance with this Annex.
(f) The proficiency check mentioned in points (c)(3) may be combined with a
proficiency check performed for the renewal of the relevant class or type rating.
IR - Validity, revalidation and renewal
RENEWAL OF INSTRUMENT RATING AT AN APPROVED TRAINING ORGANISATION
(ATO): REFRESHER TRAINING
(a) The objective of the refresher training at an ATO is to reach the level of
proficiency needed to pass the instrument rating proficiency check, as described
in Appendix 9, or the instrument rating skill test as described in Appendix 7 to
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