Maintaining Instrument Currency

[roundout]

Yeah...if you could find a friggen facility that would do the blasted thing for you.

fargo has one

 

[Jedi_Cheese]

Yeah...if you could find a friggen facility that would do the blasted thing for you.

KMSN and KDLH will both let you do them if you ask.

 

[igneousy2]

Just another question- I had an IPC in March '04 and went the other day to put in some more practice approaches to remain legal (don't flame me about being current). The way I read the FARs I have until the end of September to get my approaches/intercepting/holding done, not 6 months from the actual IPC date. Correct me if I wrong-

Your currency expires 30SEP, however you actually have until 31MAR to do the 6 approaches. After 31MAR then you must get an IPC.

Later

 

[Ralgha]

KMSN and KDLH will both let you do them if you ask.

See, none of those facilities do me any good, cause I don't live anywhere near there.

 

[Dinger]

Your currency expires 30SEP, however you actually have until 31MAR to do the 6 approaches. After 31MAR then you must get an IPC.

Later

Be careful. Your six month grace (sept.-march) doesn't allow you to be PIC. You need a safety pilot! Then, in that grace period, if you log the items required for IFR currency, it all starts over.

 

[vclean]

Remember that the FAR are written by govt. attorneys who are probably not pilots.

 

[minitour]

Be careful. Your six month grace (sept.-march) doesn't allow you to be PIC. You need a safety pilot! Then, in that grace period, if you log the items required for IFR currency, it all starts over.

So say you're going with a Private Pilot who's trying to get cross country hours for his IR. You decide to do a quick little cross country and you'll do 3 approaches at your destination, and three when you get back. So you want to go IFR just because you prefer to go IFR when you fly. Can you? Not actual IMC, you just want to file and fly IFR.

My guess would be no since you're not current to be PIC and he/she can't either because they can't be PIC under IFR either.

-mini

 

[midlifeflyer]

Why are you guessing?

 

[minitour]

Because either I was looking in the wrong place, or just couldn't find anything in the FARs to confirm...so I took a guess.

However, it could be this **CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED** flu clouding my mind with things other than regs and currency and inspections....

Ah fukc it...I'm going back to bed.

-mini

 

[Dinger]

You cannot accept an IFR clearance as a PIC if you are not instrument current as per FAR part 61.57(c)(1) even if it is VMC.

FAR 61.57(c) Instrument experience. ...blah, blah, blah....no person may act as PIC under IFR (read: on an IFR clearance) OR in weather conditions less than the minimums prescribed for VFR, unless in the preceeding 6 calender months, that person has........done all of the crap to get IFR current.