Instrument Rating Instructor (IRI)

COURSE OVERVIEW

Castle Air Academy offers two IRI courses dependent on the student’s entry point:
Flight Instructor to Instrument Rating Instructor
Type Rating Instructor to Instrument Rating Instructor

The course will be delivered in three phases:
Phase 1 – Teaching and Learning (25 hours)
Phase 2 – Theoretical Knowledge (10 hours)
Phase 3 – Flight Training (8 hours of simulator training and 2 hours of flight instruction)

FI to IRI (H) Course

An applicant for an IRI (H) rating shall have:
Completed 200 hours’ flight time under IFR, of which up to 50 hours may be instrument ground time in a flight simulator or FNPT II.
Completed as a student an approved IRI course.
Met the requirements for the issue of TRI certificate.
Passed the appropriate skills test.

An applicant for the IRI(H) rating shall have:
Completed 500 hours’ flight time under IFR of which at least 250 hours shall be in helicopters.
Successfully completed an approved course at an FTO comprising theoretical knowledge instruction and at least 10 hours of flight instruction on a helicopter, flight simulator or FNPT II.
Passed a skill test.