6.2 Blog Discussion: Legislative Acts

Many states have laws on a minimum amount of training required for someone before driving a car by themselves.  Such is the case with Maryland, requiring individuals to hold a learner's permit and a provisional license prior to obtaining a valid driver's license (MDOT, n.d.). 

With airplanes being more complicated machines than your typical car and creating more destruction, why would it be any different from requiring proper training and minimum time for someone to receive their pilot licenses?   Luckily, within The United States, a law specifies the minimum amount of flight someone can have prior to receiving their license. This law is 49 CFR §61.109. 

While this law is too long to include the entire thing within this blog, some of the basics of it is below:

Single Engine

Multi-engine

1: 40 hours of flight time

1: 40 hours of flight

2: at least 20 hours of flight training from an authorized instructor

2: At least 20 hours of flight training from an authorized instructor

3: 10 hours of solo flight training

3: 10 hours of solo flight training in the areas of operation

1:  3 hours of flight training in a single-engine airplane on the control and maneuvering of an airplane solely by reference to instruments

4:  3 hours of cross-country flight training in a multiengine airplane

2: 3 hours of flight training with an authorized instructor in a single-engine airplane in preparation for the practical test

5: 3 hours of night flight training in a multiengine airplane

3:  10 hours of solo flight time - 5 hours of solo cross-country time

6: One cross-country flight of over 100 nautical miles total distance

 

7: 10 takeoffs and 10 landings to a full stop (with each landing involving a flight in the traffic pattern) at an airport

(Aeronautical experience, 14 USC §61.109)

While the above does not include all, it is a good visual representation of many of the minimums required by the FAA.   While this is the minimum standard, it is not necessarily the minimum necessary for a pilot to obtain their licenses.  You should be cautious of a school that quotes you prices based on the FAA's minimum standards (Thrust Flight Academy, 2017).

References

Aeronautical experience, 14 USC §61.109.

MDOT. (n.d.). Maryland Driver's License. Retrieved from https://mva.maryland.gov/drivers/Pages/md-drivers-license.aspx

Thrust Flight Academy. (2017, April 20). Top 10 Flight School Scams. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oY6VKyUzCM&t=320s



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