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Old 15th Jul 2013, 17:49
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Qualification includes recency or currency

Concur, ....but I specify "QUALIFICATION", as distinguished from a "License" per se (e.g., some European state's notion of a T/R's purpose) because QUALIFICATION is meant to include Training, Checking (evaluation), and Recency (currency). In addition Qualification addresses the full range of Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities for operation of a specific vehicle and mission for that specific flight (unlike many "Licenses", or a degree such as an M.D. degree, which may not necessarily even "Qualify" a person to perform a particular medical procedure).

I say "virtually" regarding the pilot intent issue, only because of the "outlier" cases of a few historic unfortunate deliberate acts that have in fact been attributed to seasoned commercial pilots (intending harm) over the decades (I can cite specific examples).
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