It drives me a little crazy that the Code of Federal Aviation Regulations is so vague on so many crucially important points.
Logging Instrument Approaches for Currency
Key Takeaways:
- FAA regulations are often vague, requiring pilots to rely on legal interpretations for crucial details not explicitly stated in the rules, such as those concerning instrument currency.
- For an instrument approach to count toward currency, specific conditions apply: in simulated conditions, the pilot must remain "under the hood" until reaching the Decision Altitude (DA) or Minimum Descent Height (MDH); in actual conditions, the pilot must be in Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC) from the start of the approach until passing the Final Approach Fix (FAF).
- All segments of the Instrument Approach Procedure (IAP), except for the missed approach, must be flown for the procedure to be valid for currency.
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