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Hi am a Private Pilot currently working on my instrument rating. Am looking out for a study/fly buddy who is also a private pilot or commercial pilot, who is also working on his/her instrument rating, and to share/build cockpit time too. Thanks a lot. Dozie(Houston Texas)
Ronald Levy
9h
That works even better if you're training under the same instructor and ride along in the back on each other's training flights.
I started instrument training many years ago but stopped midstream. I recently started it again from scratch. I recently got my logged actual/simulated instrument hours over the 40-hour minimum set forth in the CFR (which includes ten hours in previous sim training) for taking the checkride. I'm nowhere ready for a chexkride. My reading is that once that 40 hour threshold is met, as far as the regs are concerned, I can use an FAA-approved simulator for as much additional ... more
Ronald Levy
2d
As it is FAA-approved, you can use it as much as you want as long as you've already met the 40-hour requirement without using more than 10 BATD or 20 AATD/FTS/FFS hours. However, sim time does not count toward the 3 hours of instrument flight training required within the two calendar months before the practical test.
Ignore for the moment airspace where ADS-B is required. I'd still optionally love to have it on my motorglider and shared sailplanes I fly. Especially with a little white summer haze and viewed head- or tail-on, we're basically invisible in an all-white modern glass ship. We can't hold altitudes specified by the hemispheric rules and seldom maintain a specific heading for long. I get it. Very-low power draw and light weight electronics make ADS-B installations on ... more
Ronald Levy
3d
Jeffry Stetson:
The answer I've gotten so far, from various sources (FIRC instructors, a couple random FAA guys, Soaring Society of America reps, one visit to the AOPA booth in 2019) is that if my ADS-B drops out in this manner, I'm in violation.
True or not?
If you've already got the answer from the FAA ("a couple" of times, no less), who would you believe if they told you otherwise, and how much weight do you think their opinion would carry if the FAA initiated a violation enforcement action against you?
My suggestion to you is to carry some spare batteries.
I've been searching the web for quite awhile now and figured getting input from everyone here could certainly help. Ill keep this brief. My medical was denied in early March. Prior to covid I was looking at a career change. I went to the AME and had reported being admitted to the hospital for a heart condition in Jul 2019. I was cleared of any heart issues and released, however some of my medical records do indicate alcohol abuse. I was drinking a lot at the ... more
Ronald Levy
3d
Lawrence Adams:
I have been told by FAA that I have to submit documentation of sobriety for 2 years based on “established medical history” or “clinical diagnosis of substance dependence." I decided to go to rehab voluntarily. I was never clinically diagnosed with substance dependence. Do I have a case to appeal?
Have you reviewed the definition of “substance dependence” in 14 CFR 67.107(a)(4)? How does it compare with your actual history? Keep in mind that a diagnosis of “substance dependence” isn't necessary for the FAA to classify you as having a history of “substance dependence” if they can establish that your history includes any of the three elements described in their regulatory definition of “substance dependence”.
Of course, the fact that you decided to go to rehab voluntarily is a positive note, but at the same time, the fact that rehab was considered appropriate suggests that you may have been dependent on that substance (as the FAA defines dependence, see above). And that triggers the requirement for 2 years of abstinence before consideration for issuance – said consideration requiring a lot of expensive neuropsychiatric evaluation/testing once you've been two years sober. See here for what's involved in that.
Beyond that, one would have to know exactly what you reported on your medical certificate application and what's in your complete personal/medical history. Whether you want to share that here publicly or keep it private and contact directly a health care professional expert in the area of difficult FAA medical certifications like Bruce Chien (see his posts, above) is up to your discretion.
I hold commercial, instrument, multi-engine airplane certs and I am a helicopter flight instructor. Am I allowed to give Flight Reviews to fixed wing pilots as long as they are PIC?
Ronald Levy
5d
Because 61.56(c )(1) says you can. Why did the FAA write it that way? 🤷♂️