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Private Pilot's Licence Ratings

Night rating

This rating allows you to fly during official night, which is defined as the period between 30 minutes after sunset and 30 minutes before sunrise. This rating can be invaluable if you get delayed during a flight and need to land at night, rather than having to divert to a different airport. It is also a requirement to hold a night rating in order for the grant of a commerical pilots licence.

The night rating is a minimum 5 hour course which includes 3 hours of dual flight, 2 hours of solo flight and 5 take-off/landings as pilot in command (P1) The night rating does not expire, however in order to carry passengers at night you must of performed one takeoff/landing at night in the proceeding 90 days (unless you hold a valid IR which makes you exempt from this rule).

Instument Meteorological Conditions (IMC) Rating

The IMC rating allows you to pilot your aircraft in slightly worse weather conditions than the basic PPL. However it must be stressed that this licence is designed to allow you to depart into better weather or land should the weather change enroute and is more of a 'get out of jail card'. It is not a licence to takeoff, cruise and land is poor weather. The IMC rating is a UK rating and therefore is not valid abroad. The rating introduces instrument procedures and builds on the work already undertaken during the PPL.

The IMC rating consists of, 25 hours total experiance as pilot of aeroplanes following PPL issue which must include:
a) 10 hours as pilot in command of which 5 hours must be on cross-country flights
b) 15 hours as pilot under instrument training to include 10 hours total flight time by sole reference to instruments.
You will also need to take and pass both a written theoretical examination and practical flight examination. The rating is valid for 25 months and in order to revalidate you must pass a practical flight test.

Multiengine Piston (MEP) Rating

The basic PPL allows you to fly single engined piston aircraft, in order to fly multiengine (twin) aircraft you must undertake a MEP rating. The MEP rating consists of a 6 hour course which includes not less than 2 hours 30 minutes of dual instruction under normal operations and 3 hours 30 minutes dual instruction under non-normal operations (such as asymetric flight). You will also need to take and pass a theoretical written and practical flight test.

The MEP rating is valid for 12 months and in order to revalidate you must pass a practical flight test.

PPL Instrument Rating (PPL/IR) Rating

The IR rating allows you to operate an aircraft in much worse weather conditions than a basic PPL and is designed to allow you to conduct a whole flight in poor conditions compared to the IMC. It also allows you to enter busy airspace which is normally restricted to PPL holders. The IR is also valid in all JAR member states.

The IR consists of 50 hours of instrument time instruction (single engine) or 55 hours (multiengine) and you will be required to take and pass IR theoretical exams in the following subjects:
a) Air Law/Operations Procedures
b) Aircraft General Knowledge
c) Flight Performance and Planning
d) Human Performance Limitations
e) Meteorology
f) Navigation
g) Communications (IFR)
The IR rating is valid for 12 months and in order to revalidate you must pass a practical flight test either in a simulator or aircraft (this alternates each year) For more details on the Instrument Rating click here to visit the Modular Training System page.