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Pilot reported concerns with the limitations imposed by the sfar concerning the ability to exercise instrument privileges.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1745930 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202006 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | No Aircraft |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Private |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 15 Flight Crew Total 1000 Flight Crew Type 40 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
I am writing to object to the narrow forbearance provided to instrument pilots under the sfar. By limiting the modifications of recent flight experience the way that you have; a significant group of IFR pilots are being denied the ability to exercise instrument privileges unless they are willing to fly with a qualified safety pilot or an instructor; any of whom could be carriers of the virus or an unintentional victim of an infected pilot.I do not meet the present requirements for: flight hours accrued in the last 12 months; or number of instrument approaches in the last 3 months; nor do I qualify under the various types of flights the sfar is restricted to. However; last year; I passed an ipc; a BFR; and was signed off for both a high performance endorsement and complex endorsement. Since that time I have accrued over 30 hours of solo flight time in the airplane; and flown probably 15 or more instrument approaches under VFR conditions. I feel competent to fly the airplane in instrument conditions.the limitations imposed by the sfar in this respect; while well intended; seem to essentially negate any significant applicability to the population of instrument pilots. More consideration needs to be given to other indexes of competency; with involvement perhaps of the instructing community to use their judgment of pilot competency in providing a subjective element to the requirements.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Pilot reported concerns with the limitations imposed by the SFAR concerning the ability to exercise instrument privileges.
Narrative: I am writing to object to the narrow forbearance provided to instrument pilots under the SFAR. By limiting the modifications of recent flight experience the way that you have; a significant group of IFR pilots are being denied the ability to exercise instrument privileges unless they are willing to fly with a qualified safety pilot or an instructor; any of whom could be carriers of the virus or an unintentional victim of an infected pilot.I do not meet the present requirements for: flight hours accrued in the last 12 months; or number of instrument approaches in the last 3 months; nor do I qualify under the various types of flights the SFAR is restricted to. However; last year; I passed an IPC; a BFR; and was signed off for both a high performance endorsement and complex endorsement. Since that time I have accrued over 30 hours of solo flight time in the airplane; and flown probably 15 or more instrument approaches under VFR conditions. I feel competent to fly the airplane in instrument conditions.The limitations imposed by the SFAR in this respect; while well intended; seem to essentially negate any significant applicability to the population of instrument pilots. More consideration needs to be given to other indexes of competency; with involvement perhaps of the Instructing community to use their judgment of pilot competency in providing a subjective element to the requirements.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.