I'm a CFI and was asked to give a Flight Review. The pilot has a commerical rating. He holds a current Third class medical. He says he has no intention on upgrading his medical to a Second class and exercising any Commerical Pilot privileges. I assume because of his age. From what I read, the pilot is not required to have a current medical but the review is based upon their pilot certificate. My question is...Should he be held to Commercial Pilot Standards (PTS)? If he does not want to be held to Commercial PTS does he have to ask the FAA to downgrade to a Private Pilot Certificate. To carrier a little futher, if a pilot held an ATP for their job, but has since retired and only flying their personal aircraft, what PTS are they held to(ATP/Private/Sport)? Is it just a log book endorsement saying they meet the PTS for which the review was conducted?
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