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IFR Pilot Helicopter Rating Requirements

1. Hold at least a current private pilot certificate with a helicopter rating.
2. Received and log ground training from an authorized instructor or accomplish a home study course on the aeronautical knowledge areas:
• Federal Aviation Regulations of Part 61 Certifications of  Pilots and Instructors that apply to flight operations under IFR.
• Appropriate information that applies to flight operations under IFR in the Aeronautical Information Manual
• Air traffic control system and procedures for instrument flight operations
• IFR navigation and approaches by use of navigation systems
• Use of IFR en route and instrument approach procedure charts
• Procurement and use of aviation weather reports, forecasts and the elements of forecasting weather trends and personal observation of weather trends
• Safe and efficient operation of aircraft under instrument flight rules and conditions
• Recognition of critical weather situations and windshear avoidance
• Aeronautical Decision Making and Judgment
• Crew Resource Management, Communication and Coordination
3. Pass the appropriate instrument rating knowledge test since the beginning of the 24th month before the month in which the practical test is taken.
4. Obtain the applicable flight proficiency training from an authorized Instructor in an approved flight training device
• Approved IFR Helicopter Simulator
• (20 HRS if not a 142 Training Center)
• (22 HRS if at a 142 Training Center)
• Approved IFR Helicopter Trainer
• (40 HRS if no IFR Simulator is available)
• (20 HRS if at a non 142 Training Center)
• (18 HRS if at a 142 Training Center)
• which includes the following areas of operation:
• Preflight procedures
• Air traffic control clearances and procedures
• Flight by reference to instruments
• Navigation systems
• Instrument Approach Procedures
• Emergency operations
• Post Flight Procedures
5. Must have logged the following aeronautical experience:
• At least 50 hours of PIC cross country flight time
• Total of 40 HRS of actual or simulated instrument time
• 15 HRS of instrument flight training from an authorized instructor in a Helicopter category aircraft.
• 3 HRS of Helicopter instrument training from an authorized instructor for Practical Test Prep with in 60 days preceding the date of test
• Helicopter instrument flight training on cross country flight procedures that include:
• 1 cross country flight in a helicopter performed under IFR and consists of 100 Nautical miles along Victor Airways or ATC directed routing with an Instrument Approach at each airport
• 3 Different Kinds of Instrument Approaches with use of Navigation Systems
• 2 Different Kinds of Instrument Approaches if using an Approved Helicopter FLT Simulator
• 1 Precision and 1 Non-Precision Approach
6. Be able to read, speak, write and understand the English language.
7. Obtain a written endorsement from an authorized flight instructor certifying that the applicant has been given flight training in preparation for the practical test within 60 days preceding the date of application.  The statement shall also state that the instructor finds the applicant competent to pass the practical test and that the applicant has satisfactory knowledge of the subject areas in which a deficiency was indicated by the Airman Knowledge Test Report