The article differentiates between a "pilot with an instrument rating" (legal but potentially inexperienced) and a truly proficient "instrument pilot" who is competent and comfortable handling diverse ...

Completing an instrument rating (IR) soon after a private pilot certificate significantly enhances a pilot's skills and understanding of flight, making VFR flying seem simpler by comparison. IR ...

Cirrus Aircraft, the company that created a new level of aviation safety in 1999 with the release of an airplane with a built-in parachute, followed years later by a Cirrus-specific private pilot ...

EASA has introduced new competency-based, modular route to the European instrument rating under new regulations. Under new EASA rules, pilots can count flight in IMC toward earning their instrument ...

Cirrus Aircraft has introduced an Instrument Rating Program for Cirrus pilots as a way for pilots to enhance their flight skills. It also serves to further training progression toward those working ...

"The Cirrus Instrument Rating Program represents our commitment to safety and growing the Personal Aviation industry," said Zean Nielsen, Chief Executive Officer of Cirrus. "To date, Cirrus Approach ...