New IFR Currency requirements...!

On Sun, 25 Feb 2007 08:49:03 -0500, Roy Smith wrote:

I suppose 50 miles is somewhat arbitrary, but it seems to me that the whole
point here is to get people away from their familiar home environment. If
taking two 50 mile flights twice a year is a hardship, I don't understand
what people are doing with their ratings.

You'd think actually using the rating would at least meet the minimum
currency requirements.

I'm not so sure I'd want to fly with someone who continually was
worried about flying just enough to stay legally current.

On 02/25/07 11:18, Bonehenge (B A R R Y) wrote:
On Sun, 25 Feb 2007 08:49:03 -0500, Roy Smith wrote:

I suppose 50 miles is somewhat arbitrary, but it seems to me that the whole
point here is to get people away from their familiar home environment. If
taking two 50 mile flights twice a year is a hardship, I don't understand
what people are doing with their ratings.

You'd think actually using the rating would at least meet the minimum
currency requirements.

The currency requires actual or simulated IMC. Actual IMC may be hard to
come by in some areas, so you're left with simulated (and the safety
pilot which that requires).

You could fly IFR every day, yet still need to get a safety pilot and
do the currency every six months.


I'm not so sure I'd want to fly with someone who continually was
worried about flying just enough to stay legally current.



--
Mark Hansen, PP-ASEL, Instrument Airplane
Cal Aggie Flying Farmers
Sacramento, CA

On Sun, 25 Feb 2007 12:55:27 -0800, Mark Hansen
wrote:


The currency requires actual or simulated IMC. Actual IMC may be hard to
come by in some areas, so you're left with simulated (and the safety
pilot which that requires).

I know.

Have you ever been to an FBO that isn't full of pilots looking to
build hours (often working for peanuts as line people) willing to log
safety pilot time? I haven't, the flyers are all over the board.

Now if you're talking multi, or stuff that needs a type rating, that's
one thing, but most safety pilots simply need to be a private pilot,
possibly with a complex endorsement. The multi's and type rated stuff
probably sees enough actual that currency comes easily.