AA5Bman
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He who ironically no longer flies an AA5B
I usually do IPCs for instrument currency, but lately have tried to maintain it through flying practice approaches with a safety pilot (we get very little flyable IMC where I live). I’m finding myself in this situation where I just got current again right at the end of the “six month grace period” but due to the timing of the approaches I’ve logged, my currency will expire again almost immediately. Does my six month grace period extend another six months, or am I needing to do an IPC?
My actual situation is not this extreme, but here’s a calendar illustration as an example:
December 31st Year 0 - IPC, 6-month (calendar month) currency starts
June 30th - Currency expires
July 1st - grace period begins, and fly 1 Practice approach, holds, etc
December 31st Year 1 - last day of Grace period, fly 5 approaches and holds, etc.
To me, it looks like this pilot is not current for the second half of Year one, regains currency for a day on December 31st, and then immediately loses it again on January 1 of Year 2. Does this pilot now have another grace period that extends out to roughly June 30th? Or do they have to do an IPC?
My actual situation is not this extreme, but here’s a calendar illustration as an example:
December 31st Year 0 - IPC, 6-month (calendar month) currency starts
June 30th - Currency expires
July 1st - grace period begins, and fly 1 Practice approach, holds, etc
December 31st Year 1 - last day of Grace period, fly 5 approaches and holds, etc.
To me, it looks like this pilot is not current for the second half of Year one, regains currency for a day on December 31st, and then immediately loses it again on January 1 of Year 2. Does this pilot now have another grace period that extends out to roughly June 30th? Or do they have to do an IPC?