"Mark Manes" wrote in message
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"Michael" 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.

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.