European and UK rules may be different, in the USA, the name
on an IFR flight plan as PIC must be a current IFR rated
pilot.



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"Dylan Smith" wrote in message
...
| On 2006-03-13, unicate
wrote:
|
| One doesn't have to be instrument rated to file an IFR
flight plan, do
| they? What about a pilot that is working toward their
instrument rating?
| Their CFII doesn't file the flight plan *for* them,
filing is all part
| of the training, no?
|
| No they don't. While training and doing IFR flights under
IFR flight
| plans as a student, I always filed with my own name (even
though the
| CFII was the PIC). I had to file an IFR flight plan for my
checkride,
| too. The DE didn't even comment when I filed it under my
own name.
|
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