Pilot Training Courses - Instrument Met Conditions Rating

Requirements:

25 hours including 10 hours PIC of which 5 hours should be cross country flights
A Flight Radiotelephony Operators Licence
Have reached a suitable standard in basic instrument flying before starting the course

Training:

Flight training to include:

15 hours dual instrument flying training of which up to 2 hours may be in an approved simulator 
Not less than 10 of the 15 hours must be flown by sole reference to instruments.

Minimum of 20 hours theoretical knowledge training covering:

Physiological Factors
Flight Instruments
Aeronautical Information Service
Flight Planning
Privileges of the IMC Rating

IMC Ground Examination 
25 multi-choice questions covering the material.

IMC Flight Test

A Full Panel Instrument Flying
B Limited Panel Instrument Flying
C Radio Navigation Aids
D Let-Down and Approach Procedures
E Bad Weather Circuits

Validity – 25 months

Revalidation – pass a revalidation flight test prior to rating expiry and show logbook evidence of a successful let-down, approach to minima, go-around and missed approach.

Privileges 
An IMC Rating extends the privileges of a PPL(A) holder to allow flight, in the UK, as PIC:

Out of sight of the surface
In a control zone on SVFR clearance with a flight visibility less than 5 nm but not less than 1.5nm
Outside controlled airspace in a flight visibility less than 1.5 nm
Carrying passengers above 3000ft amsl in IMC or in flight visibility less than 3 nm at or below that height when outside controlled airspace
During take-off or landing with a flight visibility below cloud of not less than 1 nm.
The IMC Rating is only valid in UK territorial airspace, Channel Islands airspace and Isle of Man airspace.