Peter Duniho wrote:
Hilton wrote:
Me thinks your 'repositioning leg' was a way to get around an FAR
requirement.

Did you read the FAQ he is referring to? It specifically calls out a
repositioning leg as a valid way to alter the "original point of
departure".

You refering to the FAQ that has more errors than Janet Jackson's clothing?



If you logged those as single flights, then you were right to remove them
from your XC total. However, it would have been perfectly legitimate to
log
the PAE-MRY leg as an individual flight, and count it as a XC flight. Per
the Part 61 FAQ, the SJC-PAO leg could have been considered a
"repositioning" leg and would not have invalidated the qualification of
the
next leg as a XC.

The intent was a round-robbin flight. The start and ending point was the
same - it was not a repositioning flight unless I was specifically tring to
get around the FARs. For example, if the FAA wants me to go on a long 100nm
XC, the intent is that I go far away from my 'home base' to gain additional
experience in weather, flight planning, etc etc etc. To first fly 49nm
north, then 51nm is not at all what the FAA intended, nor does it give you
the aeronatical experience required by the FAA. Moreover, it makes a
mockery of every mention of "original point of departure" in the FARs.

That's just my opinion. I do believe we need some official FAA document
stating one or the other, and no, the SuperBowl-FAQ doesn't cut it.

Hilton