The whole section does not apply to STUDENT PILOT
certificate holders, the endorsement is not required.
Student pilots are required to have a make and model solo
endorsement on their pilot certificate and a 90 day
endorsement for each airplane they will be allowed to fly
solo.

61.31 is required for solo, PIC solo and passenger carrying.
For instance, a private pilot [or better] can take training
in a Beech 18 for a multiengine rating and be signed off for
solo before the multi checkride. A 61.31 endorsement is
required as well as the training required by the appropriate
FAR section for solo. Since the pilot would be qualified
for a checkride when a careful CFI would sign such a solo
endorsement, it is rarely done. Unless the multiengine
student owned the airplane, likely they could not get
insurance coverage.


--
James H. Macklin
ATP,CFI,A&P

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"Peter Duniho" wrote in
message ...
| "Jim Macklin" wrote
in message
| news:IiP2g.6584$ZW3.578@dukeread04...
| The student pilot is exempted from the requirements of
| 61.31
|
| Why? Why is the student pilot exempted from the
requirements of 61.31(i),
| in particular?
|
| [...]
| Doing a 61.31 for a first solo is granting too much to a
| student pilot.
|
| That's a good point, especially given how much latitude
61.31(i) gives the
| pilot with respect to other aircraft. But still, so far
all I've seen is a
| regulation (61.31(k)) that exempts student pilots from
some portions of
| 61.31 and a statement by the same person quoting that
regulation that
| 61.31(i) isn't covered by 61.31(k) (that is, that it's not
a "rating
| limitation").
|
| Just because it doesn't make sense to require a student to
be qualified for
| a 61.31(i) endorsement just to have them solo, that
doesn't mean the FARs
| don't require that. There's lots of stuff in the FARs
that don't make much
| sense.
|
| Pete
|
|