Pilot Qualifications
PILOT QUALIFICATIONS: What is BasicMed? What are the privileges and limitations?
- A pilot who has a hard time receiving their medical certificate after previously have one. - Can operate under VFR or IFR Limitations: - Max 6 peoples - Max 6,000lbs - Max 18,000ft - Max 250kts
PILOT QUALIFICATIONS: When is an instrument rating required? (14 CFR 61.3, 61.133, 91.135, 91.157)
- Filing an IFR flight plan - Weather conditions less than the minimum for VFR flight - Class A airspace - Under special VFR within Class B, C, D and E between sunset and sunrise. - When carrying passengers for hire on XC flights over 50nm or at night. (only for commercial)
PILOT QUALIFICATIONS: What do you need to do to be current in IFR conditions? (14 CFR 61.57)
- Flight review (24 cal.) - To carry passengers, 3 takeoffs and landings within 90 days in a SIM or aircraft (landings to full stop at night) - 6 approaches in previous 6 months including Holding, Intercepting and Tracking courses through the use of navigational electronic Systems in a SIM or aircraft (6-6-HITS) - Pilot certificate - Medical certificate - Photo ID
INSTRUMENT STUDY GUIDE: Let's say your IRA currency is about to expire. Can you take a plane up by yourself (so this is a solo flight) in clear-sky VMC, put a hood on, shoot 6 approaches/hold/track, log it all, and be current?
- No, you would need a safety pilot any time you are in VMC, wearing a view-limiting device.
PREFLIGHT ACTION FOR FLIGHT: How can the use of the "PAVE" checklist during preflight help a pilot to assess and mitigate risk? (FAA-H-8083-9)
- Provides a simple way to examine for risk during flight planning. P.A.V.E- P- Pilot: IMSAFE checklist A- Aircraft: airworthiness, aircraft equipped for flight, proficiency in aircraft, performance capability V- Environment: weather hazards, type of terrain, airports/runways to be used, conditions E- External pressures: meetings, people waiting at destination, desire to impress, desire to get there
PREFLIGHT ACTION FOR FLIGHT: Explain how the use of a "personal minimums" checklist can help a pilot control risk. (FAA-H-8083-9)
- Provides the pilot with an understanding of what is "legal" and what is "safe".
INSTRUMENT STUDY GUIDE: What additional qualifications do your safety pilot and aircraft need to have if you are going to regain currency while flying in actual on an IFR flight plan?
- Safety pilot needs to be instrument rated and the plane needs to be IFR certified/equipped. - The safety pilot will need to act as PIC on this flight.
INSTRUMENT STUDY GUIDE: Show me in this logbook how you would log an instrument currency flight with a safety pilot. We'll say you shot the GPS23 and VOR/DME5 into P08 and John Doe was your safety pilot. It was a 2.0 flight and you were under the hood for 1.5.
- The pilot flying can log PIC (for the entire flight) so 2.0 - The safety pilot can log PIC (for the time that the pilot wears the view limiting device) so 1.5 - In the remarks write: o John Doe- Safety Pilot o Location and type of approaches (holding, intercepting, and tracking per 61.57)
PILOT QUALIFICATIONS: If a pilot allows his/her instrument currency to expire, what can be done to become current again? (14 CFR 61.57, 91.109)
- The regulations allow a "grace period" (the second 6 -month period). - May get current with a safety pilot or flight instructor under the hood in VMC conditions, acquiring the 6.H.I.T.S - or in a simulator (Note: has to be in VFR conditions unless you are with a CFII)
PILOT QUALIFICATIONS: What is the definition of the term "flight time"? (14 CFR Part 1)
- The time the aircraft moves under its own power for flight and ends when the aircraft come to a rest after landing.
PILOT QUALIFICATIONS: What conditions are necessary for a pilot to log instrument time? (14 CFR 61.51)
- When operating solely by reference to instruments under actual IMC or simulated IMC conditions. (view limiting device)
PILOT QUALIFICATIONS: What conditions must exist in order to log "actual" instrument flight time?
- When you are flying in actual IMC conditions (Note: IMC = weather conditions below VFR minimums)
ADDITIONAL STUDY QUESTIONS: You are instrument-rated in both single- and multi-engine airplanes. If you meet the instrument recency of experience requirements in a single-engine airplane, are you also instrument current in a multi-engine airplane? (14 CFR 61.57)
- Yes, since you are required to perform 6.6.H.I.T.S in the same category.
Looking back 12 cal. months and not current?
- You will need an Instrument Proficiency Check (IPC) by a CFII or an examiner. (Note: IPC means you need to do exactly what the instrument checkride entails for the flying portion)
When is an IFR flight plan required?
- in controlled airspace in IMC conditions - In class A airspace IMC or VMC
Flying in uncontrolled airspace in IMC conditions?
- must be instrument rated - do not need a flight plan
Enroute weather conditions in IMC. However, during the descent to your destination for an ILS approach, you encounter VMC weather conditions prior to reaching the initial approach fix. You know that to log the ILS approach toward instrument currency requirements,........?
- the ILS approach can be credited only if you use a view-limiting device and log the name of the safety pilot.
What are the three types of medical certificates and how long are they valid for?
1st Class: - Above 40 = 6 cal - Below 40 = 12 cal 2nd Class: - Above 40 = 24 cal - Below 40 = 60 cal 3rd Class: - Above 40 = 24 cal - Below 40 = 60 cal
INSTRUMENT STUDY GUIDE: Show me (or just tell me) where the certification requirements for the instrument checkride are listed in the FAR/AIM?
61.65 - Hold at least a PPC - Read, speak and write in english - Hold at least a 3rd class medical cert. - Appropriate ground and flight instructions to learn - Passed written test - Flight experience: o 50hrs. XC PIC time. (10hrs must be in airplane) o 40hrs. actual or simulated (15 hrs with CFII) - One XC flight of 250nm with 3 different approaches - 3 hrs in last 2 cal months prior to practical test
PILOT QUALIFICATIONS: Explain the difference between being "current" and being "proficient." (FAA-H-8083-2, FAA-P-8740-36)
Current means: - You accomplished the minimum FAA requirements within a specific time. - You are "legal" to make a flight, but does not mean you are proficient Proficient means: - You have a wide range of knowledge and skills - Not just about being "legal" but is about being smart and safe in terms of pilot experience.
What is the latest date that you can meet the IFR experience requirements without having to take an IPC? Expires July 1, this year.
December 31, this year. (end of the month)
PREFLIGHT ACTION FOR FLIGHT: What are the fuel requirements for flight in IFR conditions? (14 CFR 91.167)
Fuel from departure to destination + fuel from destination to alternate (if required "1-2-3 rule") + 45mins of fuel at normal cruising speed (having fueled the aircraft with only enough fuel to "attempt an approach" would fall short of the regulatory requirements)
PILOT QUALIFICATIONS: When logging instrument time, what should be included in each logbook entry? (14 CFR 61.51)
Must include: - Location - Type of instrument approach - Name of safety pilot (if required)
PILOT QUALIFICATIONS: What are the required qualifications for a person to act as a "safety pilot"? (14 CFR 61.3, 61.23, 91.109)
The safety pilot must: - Have at least a private pilot cert. with appropriate category and class rating - A current 3rd class medical certificate - If conducted on IFR flight plan or actual IMC weather, must hold a current instrument rating
PILOT QUALIFICATIONS: Are you required to have an instructor present when a using time in an FFS, FTD, or ATD to acquire instrument aeronautical experience for a pilot certificate or rating? (14 CFR 61.51)
Yes (Instructor must sign the logbook)
INSTRUMENT STUDY GUIDE: Would you be current if you came in one night and did the approach(es) by yourself in one of our AATDs?
Yes, as long as you log it and the approach is in IMC down to the minimums. (Note: A logbook must specify the training device, time and content along with name of safety pilot (if required))
PILOT QUALIFICATIONS: As an instrument rated pilot, can you fly IFR under BasicMed? (AC 68-1)
Yes, can fly as BasicMed under VFR or IFR.
PILOT QUALIFICATIONS: Is a pilot required to fly the entire approach procedure in order to log it for currency? (FAA InFO 15012)
Yes, except when being radar vectored to the final approach course.
What three additional requirements would you need using an ATD (Aviation Training Device) for currency?
On top of 6 HITS you need: - 2 nose low/high unusual attitude recovers - 3 hours of instrument experience using the SIM - all requirements every 2 months
PILOT QUALIFICATIONS: What requirements must be met before a pilot can log an IAP for currency or training? (FAA InFO 15012)
In the plane: - If in VMC: must wear a view limiting device down to the approach minimums. (safety pilot is required) - If in IMC/actual: must remain in IMC until after the final approach fix (safety pilot must be instrument rated) In the sim: - Full approach needs to occur in IMC down to approach minimums.
INSTRUMENT STUDY GUIDE: Let's say that you haven't flown a plane in a few years. Legally, could you do a couple refresher sims, take and pass an IPC in the plane, then start flying around single-pilot IFR?
No, you would need a flight review to stay current
PILOT QUALIFICATIONS: When flying an IAP in IMC, does the FAA require the ceiling to be at MDA or DA/DH before the approach may be logged? (FAA InFO 15012)
No. There are two possible outcomes: - If the aircraft will transition from IMC to VMC allowing a landing (in accordance with 91.175) or - If the aircraft will remain in IMC and execute a missed approach at MAP or DA (in both cases, the pilot may log the IAP)
