Passed IRF Retest

What I learned was Six approaches, Holding, Intercepting, and Tracking,
and
you have to do all that sh*t within the last six months.

Yes, that makes it a sliding six months. I guess they dropped the six hour
rule, so it's six approaches in six months, but holding patterns?
Intercepting and tracking would come naturally with approaches, but are
holding patterns required now for proficiency? Those Air France pilots
would be lost! Lost I tell ya!! Those autopilots aren't set up to do
holds. LOL!!

Bill Gamelson wrote:

What I learned was Six approaches, Holding, Intercepting, and Tracking,

and

you have to do all that sh*t within the last six months.


Yes, that makes it a sliding six months. I guess they dropped the six hour
rule, so it's six approaches in six months, but holding patterns?
Intercepting and tracking would come naturally with approaches, but are
holding patterns required now for proficiency? Those Air France pilots
would be lost! Lost I tell ya!! Those autopilots aren't set up to do
holds. LOL!!

Holds have been required for proficiency as they are in the PTS. If you
can't fly what's in the PTS and what you could do when you got your
certificate, then you aren't proficient by definition.


Matt

Holds have been required for proficiency as they are in the PTS. If you
can't fly what's in the PTS and what you could do when you got your
certificate, then you aren't proficient by definition.

Then you're talking about a comp check then and not the reqs for maintaining
IFR currency.

Bill Gamelson wrote:
Holds have been required for proficiency as they are in the PTS. If you
can't fly what's in the PTS and what you could do when you got your
certificate, then you aren't proficient by definition.


Then you're talking about a comp check then and not the reqs for maintaining
IFR currency.

I was referring to the comment about proficiency, not currency. The two
are different concepts entirely.


Matt