Night Rating

[salmabambi]

Hi to all ..... can one of you clever people please advise me on the following .......

I HAVE a night rating on my PPL ( SEP / MEP ) but have not used it in a while. Can I please ask if I wish to use the night rating again what are the requirements to make it current.

I believe it used to be 3 night landings ( touch and goes ) with an instructor ... but was told recently that it is just one solo night landing .... REALLY ??

Your help would be much appreciated ...... by the way I intend to carry passengers at night if this makes a difference.

Steve

[Whopity]

The night rating became a "night qualification" 11 years ago and no longer has a validity or currency requirement. With regard to the carriage of passengers, there is a recency requirement where you must have conducted 3 take-offs and landings in the same class/type of aeroplane within the last 90 days. To carry a passenger at night, at least one of the 3 take-offs and landings must have been conducted at night, unless you hold a valid IR for that class/type.

You can conduct the one night take-off and landing either solo, or with an instructor but not with another pilot/passenger.

[salmabambi]

Crickey !! ... has the CAA gone to sleep on this one .... no massive costs involved .... no renewable paperwork and no revalidation flight !!!!.

Perhaps this should be said in a quite wisper in case they hear me !!!!

Thank you so much for your help

[Whopity]

has the CAA gone to sleep on this one

They have very little input any more; European committees now decide.