Multi-Engine Instrument Rating

Overview: To fly aircraft under Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) in controlled airspace, students at FTA complete our comprehensive EASA Multi-Engine Instrument Rating (ME-IR) course. Taught in modern DA40 and DA42 aircraft, using complex systems including FMS, EFIS, GNSS and ADC, this course is the optimal preparation for the Multi-Engine Commercial Pilot Licence (ME-CPL).

Duration: Six to eight weeks, depending on weather conditions and candidate skill level.  This course can be taken full- or part-time and can be studied as a package along with the MEP and ME CPL.

Course breakdown:

• Precision and non-precision instrument approaches
• Missed approach procedures
• Standard instrument departures
• Joining and flying an airways system
• Standard instrument arrivals and emergency procedures under IFR conditions.

Course requirements:

• EASA PPL or CPL with Night Rating
• MEP Rating or MEP course completion
• Current EASA class one medical certificate
• Course pass for theoretical instruction as set out in the EASA-FCL

To pass their Instrument Rating, students must have:

• 70 hours as pilot-in-command
• 50 hours PIC cross-country flight time
• A flight radiotelephony operator’s licence

Course fee:

• £21,145 inc VAT

Fee includes:

• 38* hours minimum of dual instruction in the ALSIM FNPTII flight simulator (based on EASA FCL amendment 7)
• 2.75* hours minimum of dual instruction in the DA40
• 17.25 hours minimum of dual instruction in the DA42
• Instruction
• Fuel and airport fees (as per course syllabus)
• VAT

As well as being very competitively priced, we also offer a flexible, pay-as-you-go payment option for our ME-IR courses.

Please note:

• Test and CAA fees are not included
• * The above applies to PPL holders only. Students who already have a CPL complete 30 hours in the flight simulator and do not require instruction in the DA40.
• Additional hours and additional landings will be charged at our published rates.