Recurrent training is often done for fully qualified and
current pilots. And what I saw is to do with FAA in the
USA, as soon as you go over a border, the rules change.


--
James H. Macklin
ATP,CFI,A&P

"Peter" wrote in message
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|
| "Jim Macklin" wrote
|
| CFIs don't need any medical. Many just get a 3rd class
| because it is less of a hassle, costs less. As long as
the
| CFI doesn't act as PIC, he doesn't need the medical.
|
| Indeed. Maybe this doesn't matter in the USA, but surely
it does mean
| that all training must be done such that the pilot being
trained could
| legally be PIC if flying alone. Such a training flight
could not, for
| example, enter Class A airspace (I am thinking of FAA IR
training).
|
| Here in Europe, an instructor is nearly always PIC
(regardless of the
| student's existing privileges). While a CFII training in
an N-reg
| could do it with a Class 3 medical *anywhere* (provided
again the
| student was legal to fly that flight alone) it means one
could never
| carry out e.g. the 250nm IR x/c flight which needs to be
under ATS
| direction, because to get ATS direction one pretty well
needs to enter
| Class A.