Airline pilots and BFRs

[Crizz]

Do airline pilots still need BFRs?

 

[ex208driver]

We dont need bfrs. Our pc counts as a bfr. Once a year for fo's and every six months for ca's. Hope this helps.

 

[Guitar Guy]

Some operators actually send F/O's to recurrent training on a 6-month schedule just like PIC's.

 

[vclean]

Actually airline pilots do need a bfr, just like everyone else. 61.56 (flight review) and 61.57 (90 day currency) apply to any civilian pilot. The 6 month PC satisfies 61.56. Airline management (chief pilot, VP Flight Ops, Fleet Mgr, etc) need to do their 3 takeoffs and crashes every 90 days in addition to the normal recurrent and PCs.

 

[minitour]

Do y'all just say "screw the single engine currency" thing? Do you have time to get in 3 landings day / night in 90 days in say a 152, piper, bonanza, etc? or is that something that you don't worry about anymore?

-mini

 

[SDCFI]

I haven't been single engine current since July 2003. Then again, I don't have the need (or $$$) to go flying for fun right now anyway so it's no biggie. Never thought I'd have to worry about single currency and not multi. Funny how quick things change.

 

[Guitar Guy]

Do y'all just say "screw the single engine currency" thing? Do you have time to get in 3 landings day / night in 90 days in say a 152, piper, bonanza, etc? or is that something that you don't worry about anymore?

-mini

To operate the single, you need to be current in the single-engine aircraft. I don't get to fly a single often to stay current in them. My few experiences over the past few years in a single-engine plane have been with my father in his plane - he's a CFI-I, so that works out pretty well.

 

[minitour]

Now, the currency issue is only act as PIC carrying pax, correct? So you could (if you wanted to/had time/money to) take up a 172 for "fun" by yourself one day/night as long as your PC (FR) is "current" ?

-mini

 

[ex208driver]

I haven't flown much in a piston powered ac in over 8 years(total time in piston powered ac since then is like 2 hours or so), the only time is to renew my cfi which I let expire about 3 years ago when upgrading on the jet.

 

[ultrarunner]

We dont need bfrs. Our pc counts as a bfr. Once a year for fo's and every six months for ca's. Hope this helps.

Operators training under the AQP can send PIC's just once a year.