vdehart
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Howdy legal team. I need your interpretation on the rules here. I see that the experience requirements for a CFI-S certificate includes the following:
§ 61.411
25 hours of cross-country flight time
§ 61.1(4) "Cross country time means"
Makes no mention of the definition of cross country flight as it specifically relates to the CFI-S rating It does, however, mention cross country time as it applies to the sport pilot certificate which it defines as being 25nm straight-line from the point of departure. And of course, there is the broad definition of cross country flight being any flight conducted by a pilot in an aircraft that includes a landing at a point other than the point of departure that includes the use of dead reckoning, pilotage, electronic navigation aids, radio aids, or other navigation systems to navigate to the landing point excluding any of the individual categories such as those which mention the requirements for private, sport, instrument etc..
My interpretation is a little cloudy here:
Does a CFI-S certificate require 25 hours of cross country flight 25nm+ or just 25 hours of cross country flight that meets the broader definition of cross country as mentioned above?
Thoughts?
§ 61.411
25 hours of cross-country flight time
§ 61.1(4) "Cross country time means"
Makes no mention of the definition of cross country flight as it specifically relates to the CFI-S rating It does, however, mention cross country time as it applies to the sport pilot certificate which it defines as being 25nm straight-line from the point of departure. And of course, there is the broad definition of cross country flight being any flight conducted by a pilot in an aircraft that includes a landing at a point other than the point of departure that includes the use of dead reckoning, pilotage, electronic navigation aids, radio aids, or other navigation systems to navigate to the landing point excluding any of the individual categories such as those which mention the requirements for private, sport, instrument etc..
My interpretation is a little cloudy here:
Does a CFI-S certificate require 25 hours of cross country flight 25nm+ or just 25 hours of cross country flight that meets the broader definition of cross country as mentioned above?
Thoughts?
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