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How does this work? I can see how it might look bad if they had an incident bad enough to report to the FAA. But what kind of "risky" flying is safe enough that
by dmurray 8y ago
How does this work? I can see how it might look bad if they had an incident bad enough to report to the FAA. But what kind of "risky" flying is safe enough that pilots should try it, yet runs a substantial risk of having reportable incidents?
- bdamm 8y agoPracticing very slow landings, or power-assisted landings, would fall into this category. There's a wide range of marginally legal behavior such as low flight, back country flying, or even gliding, that might serve a stick-and-rudder pilot well yet if a concern is raised either because of an accident or because of an ATC or pedestrian concern would result in action on a pilot's license and subsequent additional explaining to airline HR.
- _s 8y agoI'm not sure that's a thing - PPL holders are supposed to be able to demonstrate flapless, partial power and glide (no power) approaches; plus low-level navigation. CPLs do more advanced (harder) versions of the same - it's part of most training curriculums and is tested on during exams.