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# AMC4 to Appendix 6 Modular training courses for the IR

ANNEX I (Part-FCL) · Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 · EAR revision 25 Nov 2025

AMC Acceptable means of compliance

## AMC4 to Appendix 6 Modular training courses for the IR

SECTION Aa IR(A) – [COMPETENCY](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/competency)-BASED MODULAR FLYING TRAINING COURSE FLYING TRAINING

(a) The instrument flight instruction outside an ATO provided by an IRI(A) or an FI(A) holding the privilege to provide training for the IR in accordance with Appendix 6 Section Aa (6)(a)(i)(A) may consist of [instrument flight time](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/instrument-flight-time) under instruction or [instrument ground time](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/instrument-ground-time) or a combination thereof.

TRAINING [AIRCRAFT](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aircraft)

(b) The [aeroplane](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aeroplane) used for the instrument flight training provided outside an ATO by an IRI(A) or FI(A) should be:

(1) fitted with primary flight controls that are instantly [accessible](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/accessible) by both the student and the instructor (for example dual flight controls or a centre control stick). Swing-over flight controls should not be used; and

(2) suitably equipped to simulate instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) and for the instrument flight training required.

(c) The FSTD used for the instrument flight instruction provided outside an ATO by an IRI(A) or FI(A) should be suitably equipped to simulate instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) and for the instrument flight training required

AMC — Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 · ED Decision 2014/022/R · Aircrew Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 25 Nov 2025

[All rules in Appendices to Annex I](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/aircrew/part-fcl/appendices-to-annex-i)

Consolidated from the EASA Easy Access Rules (revision 25 Nov 2025, extracted 13 Oct 2026) for convenience. Not the official publication — verify against the Official Journal of the European Union and the EASA publications before operational use.