Instrument Rating

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.