BFR

On 19 Jul 2004 02:57:03 GMT, Andrew Sarangan
wrote:

"fly low" wrote in
:

The BFR does not have to include any Instrument Currency component as
long as the Pilot is current, correct?

Whether you are instrument current or not has no bearing. What I care
about is whether you plan on flying IFR. If the answer is yes, then I
would insist on some instrument work during a flight review.

I have had a case where an instrument rated pilot had not flown IFR in
many years and said that he had no intention of ever becoming current.
In that case, I elected to not do any instrument work for the flight
review.

BTW, the phrase BFR is no longer used. It is Flight Review (FR).

Just as "Oshkosh" will always remain "Oshkosh" and not "AirVenture" to
most of us, so to will the BFR remain a BFR, regardless of what the
FAA calls it.

It is after a flight review done on a biennial basis and technically
is a "biennial", flight review.

And as to the issue of instrument work, I'm not currently... current,
but I fully expect to see instrument work on the next BFR.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com





" ...
If you are Instrument Current and due for a BFR, are you required
to or should you also be tested on Instrument Approaches, Holds,
etc?



A flight review consists of a minimum of an hour of ground and an
hour of flight instruction by FAR.

An instructor may conduct the flight review in any way he pleases as
long
as
it meets these parameters. I have known instructors who would not do
a flight review in less than 16 hours. It is whatever the instructor
feels comfortable in signing you off for.