Basic Instrument Rating (BIR)

• Applicants for the BIR shall hold at least a PPL(A).
• Applicants for the BIR shall have completed at an ATO: theoretical knowledge instruction in accordance with point FCL.615(a);
• Applicants for the BIR who hold a PPL or CPL, issued in accordance with Annex I (Part-FCL) and a valid IR(A) issued in accordance with the requirements of Annex 1 to the Chicago Convention by a third country,  may be credited in full towards the training course referred to in paragraph (c)(2).

In order to be issued with the BIR, the applicants shall:

1. successfully complete the skill test referred to in paragraph (e);
2. demonstrate orally to the examiner during the skill test that they have acquired an adequate level of theoretical knowledge of air law, meteorology, and flight planning and performance, and;
3. have experience of at least 25 hours of flight time under IFR as PIC on aeroplanes.