"Lynn Melrose" wrote in message
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Phil McAverty wrote:

That seems to be the best reason of all for doing checkrides in IMC.
Seems
to be a dumb policy to do a checkride in VMC and then letting them go
off
into IMC.

In the USA, there are many places that rarely if ever ever see IMC. Such
a
policy would prohibit check rides there.

The irony is that a FAA/IR will qualify for a UK IMC rating with only
limited privileges in controlled airspace (class D only). The FAA/IR
pilot
can file IFR and fly in class A in the UK if the aircraft is US
registered
but not if the aircraft is UK registered.

Where is Class A airspace used in the UK? In the US, it is only 18,000+
ft MSL,
but I understand that it is used differently in other jurisdictions.

Class A is used like they use Class B from the surface around major airports
like London Heathrow & Gatwick, Manchester, reaching up and out into the
airways. You can encounter Class A airways at FL55.

Mind you there are pockets of class G going up to 24500ft