C J Campbell wrote:
"Mark Manes" wrote in message
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"C J Campbell" wrote


I also know that most
examiners will sign the ride off as a BFR if you ask them to do that.

That's another gray area, worse than the original.

61.56 Flight review.
(a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (f) of this section, a
flight
review consists of a minimum of 1 hour of flight training and 1 hour
of ground
training.

The FAA is pretty adamant that a checkride is not instruction.


But a checkride does count as a BFR


Which is the most stupid thing about the whole idea that a CFI ride does not
count as one. You can go and get your hot air balloon or glider certificate
and that counts as a BFR for your multi-engine seaplane certificate that you
already have, but becoming a MEI with a commercial multi-engine seaplane
certificate does not count as a BFR.

It isn't just the checkride that counts as the BFR, it is the fact that
you added a license or rating. Most that I'm familiar with require a
lot of preparation in addition to passing the checkride. I don't think
there is any illusion that the checkride itself contributes to
proficiency, it is the preparation leading up to it that does.

No clue why a CFI doesn't count. That does seem like a dumb one.


In theory, a private pilot SEL who has not flown in forty years can get his
BFR in a balloon, do his three touch & goes in a Cessna 150, then carry
passengers in his homebuilt Lancair even though he has never in his life
flown anything but balloons and the 150. Apparently some people in the FAA
believe that this pilot is actually more competent than a CFI who just got
his certificate in that Lancair.

Few have accused government regulation writers of being paragons of
logic. Unfortunately, many, if not most, regulations are the result of
an accident. Probably haven't yet had a PP SEL with a balloon rating
BFR go out and crash his Lancair....


Matt


Matt