Any recommendations?
I used an app by Dauntless Aviation. That was ten years ago, but I think they’re still around. Unless things have changed significantly, the test is not a big thing. I even got the advice that preparation on the commercial flight to the US will suffice. While I think this is an exaggeration, a week in advance with an hour of preparation each day is enough.
EDIT: I should probably add that this wasn’t too long after my EASA CPL/IR so my TK was rather current.
HBadger wrote:
Any recommendations?
I took the IFP exam and used the AviationExam question bank to prepare. That was in December 2018 and the question bank pretty much covered the questions that came up in the exam.
I have the UK CBIR (marked as such in my UK licence). No problem having that transferred across to the FAA 61.75 as “Instrument”. It is after all an ICAO compliant IR.
quatrelle wrote:
I sat the IRA test [and] was told that I had sat the wrong exam, I should have sat the Instrument Rating Foreign Pilots exam, so I had to do it all over again.
That is the policy stated in FAA Order 8080.6 (Conduct of Airman Knowledge Tests), ch 4 s 3, bullet point 5:
The instrument rating test may not be substituted for the Instrument Rating Foreign Pilot (IFP) test.
The policy in FSIMS (see post 16) is misleading and I have asked the Airman Testing Standards Branch to consider revising it.
Private Pilot Certificate. When a private pilot certificate is issued
on the basis of a foreign pilot license and the foreign pilot license
has instrument rating/privileges, in order for that person to receive
instrument privileges on the U.S. pilot certificate, the person must
pass either the IFP knowledge test or the standard instrument rating
(i.e., Instrument—Airplane, Instrument—Helicopter, or
Instrument—Powered-lift) knowledge test, and the standard instrument
rating practical test (refer to § 61.65).
Thanks for the clarification.
I am going for the IFP, so I should be fine. Test will be next week, wish me luck.
NCYankee wrote:
What is a CB IR? What is required for the rating?
https://peter-ftp.co.uk/aviation/patrick-cbir//EASA-CB-IR.pages.pdf
HBadger wrote:
I am going for the IFP, so I should be fine. Test will be next week, wish me luck.
Hey
How did it went ?
I’m in the same boat, but my biggest problem is right now, I can’t go to the US, as the borders are closed for non-US people coming from the EU.
How did you manage to travel stateside ?
