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New IFR Currency requirements...!
Roy Smith wrote:
Vectors. Aha, I hadn't thought of that. Wait, I got vectors from NY Approach on my first solo cross-country. Does this mean that the flight doesn't count? Also, a strict reading of the regulation would say that if you just take off in a random direction, wander around totally lost for an hour, happen to find an airport by pure luck and land, it shouldn't count as X/C time. What if it's the airport you meant to go to in the first place? :-) .... Alan -- Alan Gerber PP-ASEL gerber AT panix DOT com |
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New IFR Currency requirements...!
On Feb 24, 10:14 pm, "Dan" wrote:
So what does everyone think about the proposed new IFR currency requirements? The major changes seem to be that 1 hour of cross- country time will be required, along with six approaches, consisting To the cynical it appears the FAA is trying to encourage more people to do their proficiency flights in a simulator and making it harder to do them in an airplane. -Robert |
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New IFR Currency requirements...!
Jose wrote:
There is no means quite as good as having a CFI-I work through the flight with the pilot. Well, then why not have the CFI-I work through every flight? After all, even after demonstrating takeoff, holds, cruise, and an ILS approach to minimums at night in a driving rainstorm ending in a successful landing with an obligatory full stop before taking off again does not prove that the pilot is capable of doing an NDB during the day in calm winds, or landing on a short runway after a VOR approach, or successfully executing a go-around if a spotted deer is spotted on the runway after an otherwise uneventful GPS approach (which has not been demonstrated either). There are reasonable limits as to what we have to prove all the time, and there are cost/benefit judgements to be made. Jose It's not worth debating. You always have your mind made up. |
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New IFR Currency requirements...!
It's not worth debating. You always have your mind made up.
Actually, I don't know how I feel about the proposed rules. I don't however think that a knee-jerk "more rules are good rules" reaction is the correct one. It seems to me that the purpose of instrument currency rules is to ensure that the rust stays off the IFR abilities, not to "prove" to the FAA that one is capable of everything (although one =should= be capable of everything the license reasonably lets one do). What I am unconvinced of is that flying in cruise knocks any rust off that flying an approach hasn't already disloged. Your point about good approaches to unlandable configurations is well taken; but while one might need to demonstrate competence to an examiner when an examination is warranted, I'm not convinced that the same holds true for currency rules. Jose -- Humans are pack animals. Above all things, they have a deep need to follow something, be it a leader, a creed, or a mob. Whosoever fully understands this holds the world in his hands. for Email, make the obvious change in the address. |
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New IFR Currency requirements...!
Jose wrote:
It's not worth debating. You always have your mind made up. Actually, I don't know how I feel about the proposed rules. I don't however think that a knee-jerk "more rules are good rules" reaction is the correct one. It seems to me that the purpose of instrument currency rules is to ensure that the rust stays off the IFR abilities, not to "prove" to the FAA that one is capable of everything (although one =should= be capable of everything the license reasonably lets one do). What I am unconvinced of is that flying in cruise knocks any rust off that flying an approach hasn't already disloged. Your point about good approaches to unlandable configurations is well taken; but while one might need to demonstrate competence to an examiner when an examination is warranted, I'm not convinced that the same holds true for currency rules. Jose I'm with you on this Jose, I find that the approach phase when it gets busy is where any rust shows up in spades. Flying IFR in cruise helps to knock rust off the scan, but doesn't do it the way flying a few approaches and having to manage quick changes in the navigation etc does. When I am a little rusty, flying IMC in cruise to high ceilings so I don't have a challenging approach at the end is a great way to ease back into the groove. I don't think it is great for keeping a sharp edge though. |
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Ditto.
"Ray Andraka" wrote in message ... Jose wrote: It's not worth debating. You always have your mind made up. Actually, I don't know how I feel about the proposed rules. I don't however think that a knee-jerk "more rules are good rules" reaction is the correct one. It seems to me that the purpose of instrument currency rules is to ensure that the rust stays off the IFR abilities, not to "prove" to the FAA that one is capable of everything (although one =should= be capable of everything the license reasonably lets one do). What I am unconvinced of is that flying in cruise knocks any rust off that flying an approach hasn't already disloged. Your point about good approaches to unlandable configurations is well taken; but while one might need to demonstrate competence to an examiner when an examination is warranted, I'm not convinced that the same holds true for currency rules. Jose I'm with you on this Jose, I find that the approach phase when it gets busy is where any rust shows up in spades. Flying IFR in cruise helps to knock rust off the scan, but doesn't do it the way flying a few approaches and having to manage quick changes in the navigation etc does. When I am a little rusty, flying IMC in cruise to high ceilings so I don't have a challenging approach at the end is a great way to ease back into the groove. I don't think it is great for keeping a sharp edge though. |
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