Flight Training - November/December 2023 - 25
PREFLIGHT ASK AOPA
BY CRAIG BROWN
Putting off your
PILOT'S LICENSE or
INSTRUMENT RATING?
Craving a
SEAPLANE RATING?
Still paying for
ONE LESSON
AT A TIME?
STARTING OVER?
ONCE A PILOT, ALWAYS A PILOT
Q: The flight school I just visited told me that because I have not flown since 2018, I
need to take a checkride with a pilot examiner. How do I find a pilot examiner to give
me a private pilot re-check?
A: FAA maintains an online searchable database of pilot examiners (designee.faa.
gov/#/designeeLocator). But, let's back up a step. If you are a private pilot and
have not flown in five years, you most certainly do not need to retake a private pilot
checkride with a pilot examiner. The information given to you by that school is just
plain wrong. The only requirement for you is that you take and successfully accomplish
a flight review given by a flight instructor.
By regulation, a flight review requires one hour of ground training and one hour
of flight training. Additional flights may be needed depending on your performance,
but that is at the discretion of your instructor.
Once you have a pilot certificate, you never have to take another flight test to
maintain it. Going forward, you only have currency requirements such as a flight
review, takeoffs and landings for carrying passengers, instrument approaches and
procedures for flying IFR, and the like, all written into Part 61. As long as you abide
by the regulations, and barring any FAA enforcement action against you, nowhere
in Part 61 does it state that a pilot must retake a flight test with a pilot examiner
because of an extensive period of time out of the cockpit, and you should consider
getting your medical certification requirements checked. You might also consider
AOPA's Rusty Pilots online course as a refresher.
aopa.org/rustypilots
CRAIG BROWN is a senior aviation technical specialist in the AOPA Pilot Information Center.
pilotassist@aopa.org
JARGON
Under the hood
Indicates the pilot is using a device to restrict visibility
outside the cockpit while simulating instrument flight.
An appropriately rated pilot is required in the other
control seat during this operation.
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Flight Training - November/December 2023
Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Flight Training - November/December 2023
Contents
Flight Training - November/December 2023 - Intro
Flight Training - November/December 2023 - Cover1
Flight Training - November/December 2023 - Cover2
Flight Training - November/December 2023 - Contents
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