"Vaughn" wrote:

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Unless you are already CFIG, you are always 'working on a rating' when
flying dual with a (current) CFIG. No parachutes needed for spinning.
And no, as I said, he did not turn me down because of the lack of a
chute.

Wrong. This is a very optimistic intrepetation of the FARs that I have
heard before, I doubt that it would fly with the FAA. If you don't have a
commercial, you are not "working on your CFI".


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Actually Vaugn, you are wrong. Parachutes are not required for spin
training. This issue is addressed by the FAA in the Frequently Asked
Questions section of their web site. Below is a copy of the question
and answer. (The URL for the entire FAQ document is:
http://av-info.faa.gov/data/640otherfaq/pt61-17.pdf )

FAQs Part 61 With Chg #17, 08/22/2002
All Q&A’s from #1 through #522
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
14 CFR, PART 61
ARRANGED BY SECTION
MAINTAINED BY ALLAN PINKSTON
PILOT EXAMINER STANDARDIZATION TEAM, AFS-640
Contact: Allan Pinkston phone: (405) 954 - 6472
E-Mail:


QUESTION: Situation is, I am a flight instructor and I have a student
who is a Private Pilot and is rated in a
single-engine land airplane. This pilot is not seeking any further
rating, but wants me to give him flight training on
"stall awareness, spin entry, spins, and spin recovery techniques"
just like it says in §61.105. The question is,
under §91.307(c) are parachutes required for this kind of training?
ANSWER: §61.105; No parachute is required. Historically the FAA’s
position on this issue, we have
determined since this training is a private pilot requirement that is
addressed in §61.105 as an aeronautical
knowledge training area and the person is merely receiving training on
a piloting skill that is a pilot certification
requirement for receiving, and for maintaining, that private pilot
certificate, parachutes are NOT required. The
rationale of this determination, also covers student pilots,
commercial pilots, airline transport pilots, and flight
instructors. But as always, the FAA would never discourage the use of
parachutes.
{Q&A-136}