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Flight Review

Asked by: 2493 views Commercial Pilot, Flight Instructor, General Aviation, Instrument Rating, Private Pilot, Student Pilot

Good morning,

I recently have been  going though flight review requirements and I would like to ask few questions/ cases on it.

Regulation states that it is required every 24 calender months, so what if I for some reason left country for 3 years and come back and want to fly, can I still do flight review and act as PIC?

Secondly, coming back after 3 years and undergoing CFI course with instructor, does CFI checkride itself suffice the flight review requirement?

 

Steve.

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    Mark Kolber on Mar 10, 2016

    First, the reg does not say one is required “every 24 calendar months.” It says you must have accomplished one “since the beginning of the 24th calendar month before the month in which that pilot acts as pilot in command”. IOW, you have to have had a FR within the 24 calendar months before you act as PIC on a flight.

    Which answers your first question. You can go for decades without flying and without a flight review and, if you come back, all the FAA requires is a FR before you act as PIC (medical certificate requirements aside).

    Yes, a CFI checkride will reset the FR clock, although it wasn’t always the case. But, practically speaking, your instructor for the CFI course will sign off on a FR before you are ready for a CFI checkride.

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  2. Steve on Mar 10, 2016

    Thanks Mark,

    My next and last question is that, since he has been away for 3 years and now undergoing CFI flight training, he guess he needs to have FR before beginning the course.

    If I am correct, does he need endorsement back of the logbook from authorized instructor?

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  3. Mark Kolber on Mar 10, 2016

    The FR require the applies to a pilot acting as PIC. Like any other dual instruction, a CFI trainee does not need a FR to receive dual, so long as the instructor is acting as PIC. The trainee would, of course, need a FR prior to flying solo.

    I’m confused by your question about how to do a flight review endorsement.

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  4. Mark Kolber on Mar 10, 2016

    Let’s try that again (wish this forum had an edit function!)

    The FR requirement applies to a pilot acting as PIC. Like any other dual instruction, a CFI trainee does not need a FR to receive dual, so long as the instructor is acting as PIC. The trainee would, of course, need a FR prior to flying solo.

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  5. Steve on Mar 10, 2016

    Thanks Mark,

    So if he wants to log PIC throughout the flight training, he would go get his FR and endorsement from his instructor!

    Now I understand the point !

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