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, necessitating "legal interpretations" for crucial details, such as sharing flight costs or logging instrument currency.
- To log an instrument approach for currency under simulated conditions, pilots must remain "under the hood" until Decision Altitude (DA) or Minimum Descent Height (MDH).
- For actual instrument conditions, approaches count if the pilot starts in IMC and remains so until passing the Final Approach Fix (FAF), even if breaking out afterward.
- All segments of the Instrument Approach Procedure (IAP), excluding the missed approach, must be flown for the approach to count towards instrument currency.
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