Pilot Qualifications; Currency & Certifications

Eligibility Requirements for a Private Pilot (Airplane) Certificate

• Be 17 or older

• Be able to read, speak, write, and understand English.

• Hold a current third-class medical certificate or greater.

• Meet the aeronautical experience requirements.

• Pass the knowledge and practical tests.

When is a flight review required to maintain currency?

Within the preceding 24 months.

Do you need a logbook endorsement for a flgiht review to maintain currency?

Yes

What requirement exists for carrying passengers during the day?

Within the preceding 90 days, you must have completed three takeoffs and landings as the sole manipulator of the controls.

What requirement exists for carrying passengers during the night?

Within the preceding 90 days and between one hour after sunset and one hour before sunrise, you must have completed three takeoffs and landings to a full stop.

Regarding the currency requirements for carrying passengers, what aircraft must be used to satisfy these requirements?

An aircraft of the same category, class, and (if a type rating is required) type.

A flight simulator or flight training device cannot satisfy the currency requirements for carrying passengers.

False/Incorrect. If approved by the administrator and used in accordance with an approved course conducted by a certificated training center, a flight simulator/training device may be used to satisfy the takeoff and landing requirements.

It is a violation to not log a flight.

False/Incorrect.

Explain the difference between being “current“ and being “proficient.“

Being current means that a pilot meets the minimum FAA requirements to exercise the privileges of their certificate.

Being proficient means that a pilot is competent in all aspects relating to their flight.