Section 61.109: Aeronautical experience.
(a) For an airplane single-engine rating.........

(ii) 10 takeoffs and 10 landings to a full stop (with each landing
involving a flight in the traffic pattern) at an airport.

Just to keep things clear... 61.109 contains (training) requirements for applying for a pilot certificate in the first place. As such the pattern requirement is reasonable.

61.57 contains requirements for recency of experience to be legal for carrying passengers. As such the lack of a pattern requirement is reasonable.

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