The instrument rating is highly valuable but its skills are perishable, requiring pilots to maintain proficiency beyond just meeting regulatory currency requirements (e.g., 6 approaches every 6 months ...

Before electronic flight bags, pilots used either Jeppesen or NOS paper charts for instrument approaches. Jeppesen charts were considered higher quality but more expensive. Key differences between ...

Our training for the instrument ticket focused on flying by reference to instruments, how to shoot approaches, holds, etc. By that point pilots were presumed to have mastered the art of landing, so ...