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Instrument Training

Instrument Time Credit Rules

A practical interpretation of FAA legal opinion on how private pilot instrument training applies toward instrument rating requirements.

Answer: Private pilot instrument training can count toward total instrument time, but cannot count toward required instrument instruction hours unless given by a qualified CFII.

Does private pilot instrument training count toward the instrument rating?Can previous instrument training be credited toward an instrument rating?