Staying proficient, or getting there if you’re not proficient, has long been a challenge for the typical general-aviation pilot. Of course, a proficient pilot is much more likely to be a safe pilot than the pilot who’s rusty.
We’ve long claimed that there’s a significant difference between legal currency and proficiency. That’s unchanged. If anything, the difference has grown, driven by the advanced avionics and systems we increasingly find in our planes today. So, let’s agree that proficiency—including with the avionics—is the goal and hope that legal currency will come with it.
