Instrument Rating is a special kind of rating established by both ICAO and EASA regulatory standards allowing the holder to act as a pilot during the IFR flight.
Under EASA system the Instrument Rating is always type-related or class-related. It means, there is no stand-alone instrument rating endorsed in the EASA flight crew licence. All the instrument ratings endorsed in the licence have to be connected to the particular Type Rating - e.g. Boeing 737/IR or Class Rating - e.g. MEP(land)/IR.
To keep the privileges of the instrument rating for the particular class or type, the instrument rating is also subject of licence proficiency check with an EASA Examiner.
There is also so-called Basic Instrument Rating established by EASA. However so-called BIR is not recognised by non-EASA member states as well as it is restricted to non-commercial use only.
The major difference between CB-IR(A) and BIR is simple.
By attending the CB-IR(A) it is expected an applicant has some prior instrument experience. This instrument experience could either be non-EASA instrument rating or the instrument experience with appropriately qualified IFR Instructor. It could also be the experience gained by exercising BIR privileges.
After CB-IR training course and skill test one will obtain full EASA Instrument Rating.
To obtain the Basic Insteument Rating - BIR is way more simple than the standard Instrument Rating. However once obtained, the BIR privileges could only be exercised for non-commercial operations. BIR is also not recognised by an ICAO member states as it serves as EASA rating only. Its legal background is very similar to IRR established by UK CAA or void EASA rating En-route Instrument Rating.
REMARK: Basic Instrument Rating abbreviated as BIR introduced in 2022 could easily be misinterpreted as Basic Instrument Flight Module abbreviated as BIFM. BIFM is just a module required to attend CPL or full EASA Instrument Rating and does not have anything with BIR.
Instrument Rating is a special kind of rating established by both ICAO and EASA regulatory standards allowing the holder to act as a pilot during the IFR flight.
Under EASA system the Instrument Rating is always type-related or class-related. It means, there is no stand-alone instrument rating endorsed in the EASA flight crew licence. All the instrument ratings endorsed in the licence have to be connected to the particular Type Rating - e.g. Boeing 737/IR or Class Rating - e.g. MEP(land)/IR.
To keep the privileges of the instrument rating for the particular class or type, the instrument rating is also subject of licence proficiency check with an EASA Examiner.
There is also so-called Basic Instrument Rating established by EASA. However so-called BIR is not recognised by non-EASA member states as well as it is restricted to non-commercial use only.
The major difference between CB-IR(A) and BIR is simple.
By attending the CB-IR(A) it is expected an applicant has some prior instrument experience. This instrument experience could either be non-EASA instrument rating or the instrument experience with appropriately qualified IFR Instructor. It could also be the experience gained by exercising BIR privileges.
After CB-IR training course and skill test one will obtain full EASA Instrument Rating.
To obtain the Basic Insteument Rating - BIR is way more simple than the standard Instrument Rating. However once obtained, the BIR privileges could only be exercised for non-commercial operations. BIR is also not recognised by an ICAO member states as it serves as EASA rating only. Its legal background is very similar to IRR established by UK CAA or void EASA rating En-route Instrument Rating.
REMARK: Basic Instrument Rating abbreviated as BIR introduced in 2022 could easily be misinterpreted as Basic Instrument Flight Module abbreviated as BIFM. BIFM is just a module required to attend CPL or full EASA Instrument Rating and does not have anything with BIR.
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