PLT415: IFR Flying Requirements
What code PLT415 covers, why the FAA tests it, and how to study IFR Flying Requirements before your checkride.
Recall regulations - IFR flying
What this means for your checkride
No person may operate an aircraft in controlled airspace under IFR unless that person has filed an IFR flight plan and received an appropriate ATC clearance. Except for takeoff, landing, or when otherwise authorized, no person may operate under IFR below the applicable minimum altitudes prescribed in parts 95 and 97.
These are the entry requirements and altitude floors that structure all IFR operations.
Both a filed IFR flight plan and an ATC clearance are required in controlled airspace; filing alone does not authorize the flight.
Where to study it
A code on your test report is an area of deficiency. An authorized instructor must review it with you and endorse that review before you take the practical test, and the examiner may revisit it during the oral. Study it until you can explain it out loud, not just recognize the answer.