DrMack
Line Up and Wait
Let's say you are in need of IFR currency and night currency so you hire a CFI to be your safety pilot for the IFR currency maneuvers under the hood. You wrap up the hood work and now want to get three landings in to gain night currency. But if you are not night current, is it legal to have the CFI onboard if they too are not night current? But what if the CFI is night current? The CFI was a required crew member during the IFR hood portions of your flight, but does the CFI become a "passenger" when the hood work is done or is the CFI a required crew member for the entire flight and thus it is legal for you to land 3 times at night to regain your night currency with the CFI onboard because you do not have any "passengers" onboard.
And I'll be the first one to flame the idiot who suggests we run this by the FAA GC for a legal opinion.
And I'll be the first one to flame the idiot who suggests we run this by the FAA GC for a legal opinion.