Currency Requirements

Question 1

What are the requirements to remain current as a private pilot? (14 CFR 61.56, 61.57)

Answer 1

1. Accomplish a flight review by an authorized instructor and receive a logbook endorsement every 24 months

Question 2

What are the requirements to carry passengers as a private pilot? (14 CFR 61.56, 61.57)

Answer 2

1. A pilot must have made within the preceding 90 days, three takeoffs and landings
2. The landings must have been made to a full stop in an airplane with a tailwheel
3. If operations are to be conducted during the period beginning 1 hour after sunset and 1 hour before sunrise, the PIC must have made these takeoffs and landings to a full stop during that period

Question 3

You have not kept up with logging each of your recent flights. Are you in violation of any regulation? (14 CFR 61.51)

Answer 3

1. You’re only required to document hours required for meeting the recent flight experience requirements

Question 4

You’re flying in a single-engine, high performance, complex airplane. You hold a Private Pilot certificate with an airplane single-engine land rating, but don’t have a high-performance or complex airplane endorsement. Your friend, who has those endorsements, is acting as PIC for the flight. Can you log PIC time for the time you act as sole manipulator of the controls? Explain. (14 CFR 61.31, 61.51)

Answer 4

1. You can log PIC time, but you cannot act as PIC (For a pilot to act as PIC, he or she must be properly rated in the aircraft)

Question 5

Explain the difference between being “current” and being “proficient.” (FAA-H-8083-2, FAA-P-8740-36)

Answer 5

1. Being “current” means that you’re “legal” to make a flight (not necessarily meaning that you’re proficient or competent to make that flight)
2. Being “proficient” means that a pilot is capable of conducting a flight with a high degree of competence

Question 6

How will establishing a personal minimums checklist reduce risk? (FAA-H-8083-25)

Answer 6

1. A written set of personal minimums makes it a lot easier to come to a smart go/no-go or diversion decision

Question 7

The airplane you normally rent has been grounded due to an intermittent electrical problem. You ask to be scheduled in another airplane. During preflight of the new airplane, you discover that it has avionics you’re unfamiliar with. Should you go ahead and depart on your VFR flight? (FAA-H-8083-2)

Answer 7

1. No
2. Pilots should look upon unfamiliarity with an aircraft and its systems as a hazard with high risk potential

Question 8

If a pilot changes his/her permanent mailing address and fails to notify the FAA Airmen Certification branch of the new address, how long may the pilot continue to exercise the privileges of his/her pilot certificate? (14 CFR 61.60)

Answer 8

1. 30 days after the date of the move

Question 9

What flight time can a pilot log as second-in-command time? (14 CFR 61.51)

Answer 9

1. A pilot who holds the appropriate ratings for the aircraft being flown, may log second-in-command (SIC) time, if more than one pilot is required under the type certification of the aircraft or the regulations under which the flight is being conducted