EASA has published a Comment Response Document to its Notice of Proposed Amendment (NPA) 2011-16, ‘Qualifications for flying in Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC)’.

EASA has published a Comment Response Document to its Notice of Proposed Amendment (NPA) 2011-16, ‘Qualifications for flying in Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC)’.

Its NPA 2011-16 put forward an en-route instrument rating (EIR) for aeroplane licence holders; a more accessible ICAO compliant aeroplane Instrument Rating (IR) called competency based IR and a cloud flying rating for glider pilots.

You can find out more details of the NPA proposals here and the CRD document is here.

The 991-page Comment Response Document is open for consultation until 29 December 2012.