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Old 11th January 2007 | 15:44
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Fuji Abound
 
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If you do check flights with a spectrum of pilots you will know two things matter.

Total hours
Time since last flight.

Low hour pilots should not leave too large a gap between flights. I suspect with less than 200 hours, 30 days is about right, 500 hours, 60 days, more than 500 hours, 90 days. That assumes the hours were accumulated relatively recently, and excludes instrument conditions.

I can guarantee a pilot with 500 hours, familiar with type, and in reasonable conditions, after a two month gap, will do almost as well as a pilot far more current. I use to believe, as many do, that much more recent currency is required - I dont now.

Of course there will always be the exceptional (or as my children would say, special) pilot, whatever guidelines are proposed.
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