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Reference CFR 61.57(c)
Theoretical:
If my last IPC was 18 months ago, and I've not flown IFR since, nor flown approaches, then it's understood that I can't "act as pilot in command under IFR or weather conditions less than the minimums prescribed for VFR" unless I get current.
61.57(c)(1) says I can do that by going out and flying six approaches, holds, and intercepting and tracking courses in an airplane.
61.57(d) says I need an IPC if I do "not meet the instrument experience requirements of paragraph (c) of this section within the 12 calendar months preceding the month of the flight", with "the flight" being described as that which is "under IFR or in weather conditions less than the minimums prescribed for VFR."
I've always understood (perhaps incorrectly) that if I'm out of 6 month 6HIT currency, I have six months in which to go do those 61.57(c)(1) maneuvers (assume I don't plan to do this with the other options available such as a flight simulator or ATD), otherwise I have to do an IPC.
But I don't see that when I read 61.57(c)(1) and (d). I understand I can't fly IFR if I'm not current, but I don't see anything preventing me from going out VFR with a safety pilot after 18 months of not doing instrument approaches, shooting and logging the 6HIT procedures, and thus satisfying the conditions of a future 61.57(c) or (d) "flight" under IFR or in conditions less than the minumums prescribed for VFR.
After going out and shooting the 6HIT with a safety pilot, then by a literal reading I do satisfy both 61.57(c)(1) and 61.57(d), in that I do now "meet the instrument experience requirements of paragraph (c) of this section within the 12 calendar months preceding the month of the flight", with "the flight" being described as that which is "under IFR or in weather conditions less than the minimums prescribed for VFR."
What am I missing? I'm not going on "what the rule intends to say", I'm going on a literal interpretation of how the rule reads. Where does it say that I must do an IPC to regain currency after a six month grace period expires, if I'm not making "the flight", that is, an instrument flight?
P.S. I understand that this would not be SAFE, and that a person 18 months without flying approaches should get with an instructor for a good workout and probably some dual IMC before going solo IFR.
Theoretical:
If my last IPC was 18 months ago, and I've not flown IFR since, nor flown approaches, then it's understood that I can't "act as pilot in command under IFR or weather conditions less than the minimums prescribed for VFR" unless I get current.
61.57(c)(1) says I can do that by going out and flying six approaches, holds, and intercepting and tracking courses in an airplane.
61.57(d) says I need an IPC if I do "not meet the instrument experience requirements of paragraph (c) of this section within the 12 calendar months preceding the month of the flight", with "the flight" being described as that which is "under IFR or in weather conditions less than the minimums prescribed for VFR."
I've always understood (perhaps incorrectly) that if I'm out of 6 month 6HIT currency, I have six months in which to go do those 61.57(c)(1) maneuvers (assume I don't plan to do this with the other options available such as a flight simulator or ATD), otherwise I have to do an IPC.
But I don't see that when I read 61.57(c)(1) and (d). I understand I can't fly IFR if I'm not current, but I don't see anything preventing me from going out VFR with a safety pilot after 18 months of not doing instrument approaches, shooting and logging the 6HIT procedures, and thus satisfying the conditions of a future 61.57(c) or (d) "flight" under IFR or in conditions less than the minumums prescribed for VFR.
After going out and shooting the 6HIT with a safety pilot, then by a literal reading I do satisfy both 61.57(c)(1) and 61.57(d), in that I do now "meet the instrument experience requirements of paragraph (c) of this section within the 12 calendar months preceding the month of the flight", with "the flight" being described as that which is "under IFR or in weather conditions less than the minimums prescribed for VFR."
What am I missing? I'm not going on "what the rule intends to say", I'm going on a literal interpretation of how the rule reads. Where does it say that I must do an IPC to regain currency after a six month grace period expires, if I'm not making "the flight", that is, an instrument flight?
P.S. I understand that this would not be SAFE, and that a person 18 months without flying approaches should get with an instructor for a good workout and probably some dual IMC before going solo IFR.
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