The flying training, not including type rating, shall comprise a total of at least 180 hours, to include all progress tests, of which up to 40 hours for the entire course may be instrument ground time. Within the total of 180 hours, applicants shall complete at least:
a) 80 hours of dual instruction of which up to 40 hours may be instrument ground time;
b) 70 hours as pilot-in-command including VFR flight and instrument flight time as student pilot-in-command (SPIC). (SPIC time shall be credited as pilot-in-command time, unless the flight instructor had to influence or control any part of the flight. A ground de-briefing by the flight instructor does not affect the crediting as pilot-in-command time);
c) 50 hours of cross-country flight as pilot-in-command including a VFR cross-country flight totalling at least 540 km (300 NM) in the course which full stop landings at two aerodromes different from the aerodrome of departure shall be made;
d) 5 hours flight time in aeroplanes shall be completed at night comprising at least 3 hours of dual instruction including at least one hour of cross-country navigation and 5 solo take-offs and 5 solo full stop landings; and
e) 100 hours of instrument time comprising, at least:
i) 50 hours of instrument flight instruction of which up to 25 hours may be instrument ground time in a FNPT I or 40 hours if all the instrument ground training is conucted in an FNPT II or flight simulator. With the agreement of the approving Authority not more than 10 hours of FNPT II or flight simulator instrument ground time may be conducted in a FNPT I.
ii) 20 hours as SPIC.
