MSmith
Line Up and Wait
What do you think of the newly proposed FAA instrument currency requirements?
If you use a simulator or authorized pc device (approved, with trained instructor), you also have to do:
You can combine a simulator with an airplane, but then you have to do the entire requirement for the simulator PLUS one hour in the plane.
- 6 approaches, at least one precision and one non-precision
- a complete holding pattern at a radio station
- a complete holding pattern at an intersection or waypoint
- One hour of simulated (or actual?) cross country practice operation that involves intercepting and tracking courses through the use of navigation systems while performing a takeoff phase, area departure phase, enroute phase, area arrival phase, approach phase, and a missed approach phase of flight.
If you use a simulator or authorized pc device (approved, with trained instructor), you also have to do:
- one steep 180-degree turn in each direction
- 2 "usual altitude" maneuvers in a descending Vne condition
- 2 "usual altitude" maneuvers in an ascending stall speed condition
- 6 precision approaches
- 6 non-precision approaches
You can combine a simulator with an airplane, but then you have to do the entire requirement for the simulator PLUS one hour in the plane.