RE: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Keeping Current

I understand the importance of safety and the value of experience, but I am not sure what your justification is for recommending 100 hours as the standard.  If that was the case, that a person should have 100 hours to be permitted to carry a passenger, then the standard would reflect that.  When I am acting in my role as DPE, a criterion I have in the back of my head as I am evaluating someone is whether or not they fly well enough and exercise the judgment I would want a pilot to possess to take one of my family members, or yours, or his own, for a ride.  The PTS is designed to a standard that if a person can meet it, he flies well enough to meet the standard to carry a passenger.  Is he as good, as experienced, as he will ever be?  Of course not.  Should he exercise good judgment in evaluating conditions?  Always, and that requirement continues forever.  And how do you know what conditions he has been trained in?  I would never recommend a student for a checkride unless he has experienced crosswind landings.   And mid day flying.  So not sure where you get the justification for your statement about "conditions your instructor would have been careful to avoid."  Unless you know the situation personally, but as a general statement or guidance I disagree with the 100 hour philosophy. 

Jim

 

 

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From: Richard Williams
Sent: ‎August‎ ‎27‎, ‎2013 ‎7‎:‎34‎ ‎AM
To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Keeping Current

 

 

Richard B,

Here is my take on your question.

Your a brand new pilot, just got your certificate.

My suggestion...
Don't even think about a passenger until you have well over 100 hours in your
LSA. You need air time, with lots of landings in all kinds of conditions.

Conditions that your instructor would have been careful to avoid.

Conditions like when the wind was calm and you were wide awake in the morning,
but when you arrive back to land a couple of hours later, the wind is 20 mph
across the runway.
That is no time to be risking a passenger, while you try to learn how to handle
a cross wind landing.

Similarly, when the thermals are popping. The first many times, will have your
hands full just flying, it will be no time to have a panicked passenger grabbing
controls and/or puking and/or screaming in your ear.

R. Williams

---------- Original Message -----------
From: "Richard Bauer" <rk911@yahoo.com>
To: <Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sun, 25 Aug 2013 11:52:09 -0500
Subject: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Keeping Current

> got a question I hope someone can answer. I've asked my instructor the
> same question and he gave me a 90% certainty on his answer.
>
> I passed my sport pilot check ride the other day and have my temporary
> airman certificate. a buddy and I are planning to meet another buddy
> at an airport restaurant for breakfast next week. 61.57 of the FAR
> states that in order to carry passengers I have to keep current by
> making 3-landings within the preceding 90-days. as a student pilot
> I've got that requirement and more, both in dual and solo.
>
> my question is....do those landings as a student (both dual and
> solo/PIC) count towards currency or must I now do 3-landings as a
> certified pilot before I can carry my buddy as a passenger? 61.57
> makes no such distinction and my instructor believes I should be just
> fine but I thought I would ask here. during my check ride i made 3-
> landings and the DPE instructed me to log the flight as PIC time so
> with that alone I think I'm covered in terms of currency for
> passengers...but I'm not 100% certain. yes, I know I can just go out
> to the airport and run the pattern for an hour and I may just do that
> but I'm curious as to the answer to my question.
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