How much do you fly just before and after your flight review?

FAA regulations require that pilots have a flight review at least every 24 months. This review can take many forms, including a formal review with an instructor or an instrument competency check. A pilot proficiency check conducted by an examiner, an approved pilot check airman, or a U.S. Armed Force, for a pilot certificate, rating, or operating privilege can also serve as the review.

The actual FAA regulation is available here: Sec. 61.56 - Flight review.

I would like to know when you had your most recent flight review and how many hours you flew in the months leading up to and following the review. I would also like you to complete a short survey on how much risk you see in various aviation situations.

Overall, this should not take more than about 10 minutes -- plus whatever time you need to find your Log Book and look up some of your flight time.

PART 1: Look in your Log Book and find when you had your last review. It should be easy to find, since an Instructor of some sort will have made a notation for that flight.

Which of these best describes how you satisfied the flight review requirement?

A formal review with an instructor
An instrument competency check
Obtained a new pilot certificate (for example, a Commercial Certificate)
Obtained a new pilot rating (instrument rating; multi-engine rating, etc.)
Completed a phase of an FAA-sponsored pilot proficiency award program.
Satisfactorily completed a renewal of a flight instructor certificate
Other, please specify:

 

PART 2: Look down the list of dates given below and find the month in which you took the flight review, and click the button for that month.

PART 3: Now try to fill in your flight hours for as many months as you can before and after the month of the flight review. At the very least, give us the hours for the three months prior to the review and the three months following the review. However, the more data you can give us the better.

 

Month Flight Review -- Click the month in which you had your last review
 Flight Hours -- Just round to the nearest whole number. You don’t need to report fractions of an hour.
2008    
Dec-08
Nov-08
Oct-08
Sep-08
Aug-08
Jul-08
Jun-08
May-08
Apr-08
Mar-08
Feb-08
Jan-08
2007    
Dec-07
Nov-07
Oct-07
Sep-07
Aug-07
Jul-07
Jun-07
May-07
Apr-07
Mar-07
Feb-07
Jan-07
2006    
Dec-06
Nov-06
Oct-06
Sep-06
Aug-06
Jul-06
Jun-06
May-06

 

 

PART 4: Finally, read the following descriptions of common aviation situations, and decide how risky the situation would be if YOU were in that situation tomorrow.

Base your rating on your personal training and experiences, and rate each situation from 1 (low risk) to 100 (high risk)

Here are some reference points:

1 -- Virtually zero risk involved in this situation. It is about as safe as sitting on the couch watching TV.
50 -- The same amount of risk as driving your car on a freeway in moderate traffic and good weather conditions during the day.
100 -- Extremely high risk of a serious, probably fatal accident. The pilot will be very fortunate to escape from this situation alive and with the aircraft undamaged.

 
Situation
Your Risk Rating
1 During the daytime, fly from your local airport to another airport about 150 miles away, in clear weather, in a well-maintained aircraft.
2 Fly across a large lake or inlet at 500 feet above ground level.
3 Fly in clear air at 6,500 feet between two thunderstorms about 25 miles apart.
4 Take a two-hour sightseeing flight over an area of wooded valleys and hills, at 3,000 above ground level.
5 During the daytime, take a cross-country flight in which you land with 30 minutes of fuel remaining.
6 Make a traffic pattern so that you end up turning for final with about a 45 degree bank.
7 Drive your car on a freeway near your home at night, at 65 MPH in moderate traffic.
8 Take a two-hour flight in a jet aircraft on a major US air carrier.
9 During the daytime, take a cross-country flight in which you land with over an hour of fuel remaining.
10 During the daytime, fly from your local airport to another airport about 150 miles away, in a well-maintained aircraft, when the weather is marginal VFR (3 miles visibility and 2,000 foot overcast).
11 Make a traffic pattern so that you end up turning for final with about a 30 degree bank.
12 Drive your car on a freeway near your home, during the day, at 65 MPH in moderate traffic, during heavy rain.
13 Start a light aircraft with a dead battery by hand-propping it.
14 Make a two-hour cross country flight with friends, without checking your weight and balance.
15 Drive your car on a freeway near your home during the day, at 65 MPH in moderate traffic.
16 At night, take a cross-country flight in which you land with 30 minutes of fuel remaining.
17 Take a two-hour sightseeing flight over an area of wooded valleys and hills, at 1,000 above ground level.
18 At night, fly from your local airport to another airport about 150 miles away, in clear weather, in a well-maintained aircraft.
19 Fly across a large lake or inlet at 3,500 feet above ground level.
20 At night, fly from your local airport to another airport about 150 miles away, in a well-maintained aircraft, when the weather is marginal VFR (3 miles visibility and 2,000 foot overcast.

That is all. Thanks for the help. Look on the web site in a month or two for the results.

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