Just to throw another one into the mix ...
I fly both TMG and SEP - does anyone
definitively know whether I need to do 3 flights in each (i.e. 6 flights every 90 days), or will 3 flights in total be OK?
b) Aeroplanes, helicopters, powered-lift, airships and sailplanes. A pilot shall not operate an aircraft in commercial air transport or carrying passengers:
(1) as PIC or co-pilot unless he/she has carried out, in the preceding 90 days, at least 3 take-offs, approaches and landings in an aircraft of the same type or class or an FFS representing that type or class. The 3 take-offs and landings shall be performed in either multi-pilot or single-pilot operations, depending on the privileges held by the pilot; and
(2) [...]
(3) [...]
(4) When a pilot has the privilege to operate more than one type of aeroplane with similar handling and operation characteristics, the 3 take-offs, approaches and landings required in (1) may be performed as defined in the operational suitability data established in accordance with Part-21.
(5) [...]
(taken from CAP 804).
Are TMG and SEP considered similar types? I know there is far more difference in handling characteristics between some SEPs I've flown than there is between the TMG and SEP I fly now.
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