Private Pilot Licence · Practice

To act as PIC under the IFR or NVFR, in addition to the appropriate rating, recency requires:

• A.Only a successful IFR flight test at initial issue, with no further recurrent requirements afterwards
• B.Nothing additional beyond holding a current medical certificate and the rating itself
• C.Instrument approach / NVFR practice within defined periods, plus the 90-day passenger and 24-month flight review currencies
• D.No specific recency, provided the pilot logged some instrument time within the last five years