Night currency question

On Dec 11, 12:44 am, "Stan Prevost" wrote:
One of the issues with night flight is being able to maneuver on the surface
of an airport without getting lost and making runway incursions. It can be
a daunting task at a large field. I have always supposed that the FAA
wanted pilots to have some recency of experience in such night maneuvering,
and I have thus interpreted the requirement for full-stop landings to
exclude stop-and-go.

No, stop-and-goes are sufficient. The CFRs and AIM Pilot/Controller
Glossary do not provide any technical definition for "full stop".
Therefore, the term just has its ordinary English meaning, which does
not include a requirement to exit the runway or taxi around the
airport. (The P/CG does use the term "complete stop"--as part of the
definition of "stop and go".)

My guess is that the FAA doesn't want to promote nighttime touch and
goes by a pilot who lacks recent night experience, so they don't allow
touch and goes to count for night currency. Stop and goes are less
rushed--they let the pilot verify takeoff configuration and assess
remaining runway length without being in motion in the dark at the
same time.