History of the BFR?

Well, Jay, then let's sweeten the pot for those folks who stop by your place on
their way to Oshkosh. Here's what I'll do for you...

By the grace of God, I'll have my on-line oral part of the BFR done by June of
next year...

And if the pilot shows up with my online oral grade sheet with a score of 100
(*)...

And if the weather is VFR the Sunday before we all leave for Oshkosh on
Monday...

And if the pilot in question has logged 50+ hours in the previous 12 calendar
months...

And if the pilot's aircraft is something I'm legal in (no twins or floats)...

....then I'll do a BFR for a donation of the pilot's choice and conscience to the
Young Eagles program while (s)he is at Oshkosh.

I reserve the right to give the last BFR so that it ends at sunset so that I can
at least have ONE beer that day afterwards.


Howzat?


Jim

(*) If that online oral doesn't get done, we'll do a "cluster-oral" of everybody
that wants a BFR later that night after the flying gets done. Nowhere in the
rules does it say that I have to do the oral one at a time.


"Jay Honeck"
shared these priceless pearls of wisdom:

-
-Which is different than acknowledging the fact that they are "unnecessary"
-for people like Mary and me who fly twice a week, into all sorts of
-airspace.

Jim Weir (A&P/IA, CFI, & other good alphabet soup)
VP Eng RST Pres. Cyberchapter EAA Tech. Counselor
http://www.rst-engr.com

"Jay Honeck" wrote
Oh well. I, too, know pilots who hop in their plane every sixth month, and
fly off to Timbuktu without a second thought. It's good to have CFIs
keeping a closer eye on those folks, I guess...

But are the CFI's actually keeping an eye on them?

The truth is, there are a lot of people out there who couldn't pass a
private checkride but are flying anyway. That's really pretty scary.
The private PTS is a VERY minimum standard. It's kept minimal so it
doesn't take forever before a pilot can be cut loose - to reduce costs
and frustration. We know a newly minted pilots is somewhat dangerous,
but it's assumed that he will keep developing his skills as he flies
and become safer.

In reality this rarely happens. In my experience, most pilots
backslide because they simply don't fly enough. There is simply no
way you're going to progress on 26 hours a year, and that's all the
average private airplane flies. The average private pilot flies less.

If the BFR really did what it's supposed to - grounded those pilots
who can no longer meet minimum standards until they COULD meet minimum
standards - I suspect there would be a massive reduction in accidents
per hour flown. However, it would also ground most private pilots,
and GA as an industry just can't afford that.

Michael

There is simply no
way you're going to progress on 26 hours a year, and that's all the
average private airplane flies. The average private pilot flies less.

Wow -- where did you get that statistic?

That is shockingly low.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote
There is simply no
way you're going to progress on 26 hours a year, and that's all the
average private airplane flies. The average private pilot flies less.

Wow -- where did you get that statistic?

That is shockingly low.

First, I got it from Avemco - but I believe it may be an FAA estimate.
Second, it's not shockingly low - remember, it includes all those
planes that move twice a year. In fact, it's pretty consistent with
my experience.

HF says most of the planes he annuals get about 15 hours a year.

Michael

Jay.. I record my first BFR in 1976, having completed training in 1974

So.. it was around in the 70s, don't remember if it was on the written test
in 1974.

Bill T

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:MaPfd.16873$R05.14718@attbi_s53...
Mary is off doing her BFR as I write this, which got me to wondering about
the history of the biennial flight review.

As I understand it, BFRs were not required until fairly recently (like, in
the last 30 years?). Given the current uproar over the creation of
relatively simple new requirements (like foreign pilots having to
register, etc.), I can barely imagine the howls of protest that must have
ensued during and after the creation of a rule that required every pilot
to "prove himself" with a CFI every 2 years!

(Although, I suspect, CFIs at the time must have thought they had died and
gone to heaven! Talk about a guaranteed money-maker! :-)

Was there a rash of incidents caused by rusty pilots before this rule was
proposed? What happened to bring about such a radical change?

For those who were flying back then, can you give us a brief history of
what happened?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"