New IFR Recency Requirements

[Big Pistons Forever]

The new requirements in CAR 401.05(3) come into force today

• (3.1) No holder of a pilot licence that is endorsed with an instrument rating or to which instrument rating privileges are attached shall exercise the privileges of the instrument rating unless, following the first day of the seventh month after the completion of a test or check referred to in subsection (3) and within six months before the flight, the holder has completed six instrument approaches in accordance with the minima specified in the instrument approach procedure
o (a) in an aircraft, in actual or simulated instrument meteorological conditions;
o (b) in an aircraft, in actual or simulated instrument meteorological conditions, while acting as a flight instructor who is conducting training in respect of the endorsement of a flight crew licence with an instrument rating;
o (c) in a Level B, C or D full-flight simulator of the same group as the aircraft indicated on the pilot’s licence; or
o (d) in a flight training device under the supervision of a person who holds the qualifications referred to in subsection 425.21(9) of the personnel licensing standards.
• (3.2) The holder of a pilot licence that is endorsed with an instrument rating or to which instrument rating privileges are attached shall retain a record of having met the applicable recency requirements set out in subsection (3) or (3.1) for three years.
Cheers

The 6 hours of IFR is gone but you have to meet the 6 IFR approaches requirement every 6 months from the date of your last IRT or IPC.

[Prodriver]

These clowns don't quit! They keep getting administrate and regulate mixed up and I am getting tired of it.