Paul Tomblin wrote:
I recently did 6 approaches to get back current again, but I forgot to
do a hold. My last hold was less than 6 months ago, so I'm still legal
for a few more days. What counts as a hold to fit that vaguely worded
requirement?

- A self-assigned hold while flying solo VFR in VMC?
- A self-assigned hold while flying under foggles with a safety pilot
while VFR in VMC?
- A self-assigned hold while flying under foggles with a CFII
while IFR in VMC?
- A controller assigned hold while IFR in VMC?
- A controller assigned hold while IFR in IMC?
- A hold on a PC-ATD?

Also, what constitutes a hold?
- Doing the entry?
- Doing one full circuit?


The purpose is to help maintain some level of proficiency. So, the
question I would ask is which of the above contribute to IFR
proficiency. The first one doesn't contribute much. The rest should
with the last one being dependent on which PC-ATD. Also, I don't think
it counts as a hold until you are established. I don't know of an
official definition for this either, but I think at least one ciruit
with the wind correction reasonably well nailed would be a decent
definition. Anyone who only plans to do the first option above
obviously cares nothing about proficiency and only about checking a
legal box. If that is the case, then you might as well just log in as
though you really did it and save the gas....


Matt