SEP revalidation and training flight question

[Say again s l o w l y]

As a small point since people keep mentioning hypothetical court cases that have never and will never occur......

All law is subject to review, clarification and interpretation. If it wasn't then most lawyers wouldn't have much to do.

I had dinner with one of the senior partners from my law firm this evening and we discussed this situation. Both of us had the same opinion.(Though to be fair hers is far more valid than mine, seeing as I'm an ex-law student, not an equity partner in a massive law firm!) Whilst the legislation doesn't mention the training flight directly, the fact that there is a publication such as LASORS written by the same organisation who enforce and write the rules we are supposed to follow, then the opinion in LASORS is something that can be taken as more than mere guidance. It is a recommendation of course and can be ignorned if you wish, however if you were to follow it to the letter and with the interpretation that I see, then you would be well within your rights to do so and certainly would not leave yourself open to any legal problems.

You could of course go after the CAA for producing a document that you may feel doesn't accurately reflect what you think it should and may I offer you my best wishes if you wish to do so. However, the individual FI or school choosing to follow the guidance laid down are totally within their rights to do so.

But obviously the barrack room lawyers on here know better. Especially as we've all passed air law. That makes you an expert in legal matters doesn't it..................

FI's also don't routinely sign logbooks, especially since the 1 hour training flight came in in 2001. A CFI will do so at the end of a training course before the book is sent off to the CAA for licence or rating issue to certify that the logbook contains true and accurate figures, but it is not done after every flight by an individual FI. Your records will be annotated with flight times and excercise numbers along with comments about the conduct of the flight and what has or hasn't been completed.