It’s easy to lull yourself into believing you’re IFR proficient just because you’ve logged cloud time recently. Set up a real proficiency program and you’ll never fool yourself again.
Proficiency in Pieces 2.0
Five years ago I adopted a different kind of recurrency routine for myself. It did away with the annual three days of fire-hose drinking and associated abuse and replaced it with a monthly program that would cover all the details over the course of a year. I wrote about it in July 2007 IFR.
Key Takeaways:
- Traditional, infrequent IFR recurrent training or simply logging cloud time is insufficient to maintain true pilot proficiency, leading to skill decay and increased accident risk.
- The article advocates for a "proficiency in pieces" approach, recommending a continuous, structured, monthly training program often involving regular simulator sessions with a qualified instructor.
- This consistent training method builds long-term IFR skills, enhances safety, increases pilot comfort and dispatch reliability, and provides a better return on investment than episodic "binge training."
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