Thoroughly Confused by the FAR's

[butt]

This is one of the instances when the FARs are pretty black and white. No interpretation is needed. If someone else is in the airplane, you are not solo.

What is there's a dog in the back? Are animals considered occupants? What about infants? What if your grandma is in the back, and she's in a coma? What if grandma's corpse is in the back? Is a dead person considered an "occupant"?

The point I'm trying to make, is that there are very few "black and white" regulations. Just about everything can be argued one way or the other, especially this one. You always have to ask yourself, "what is the intent of this regulation". Sometimes the wording doesn't match the apparent intent, and some questioning is required.

In this case, what do you think the intent of this regulation is? Would your grandma in the back in a coma violate the intent of this rule? Would a 3-year old? Would a 10-year old? Your wife? A student pilot? An instrument student? A CFI-applicant?... Were is the cutoff? Unless you answered "no" to each one of these, it's not "black and white", as you put it.

 

[Blip16]

One cross country flight 2+ hours in a SE airplane in day VFR of atleast 100nm
One cross country flight 2+ hours in a SE airplane in night VFR of atleast 100nm
Do these need to be with an instructor? If so, can I count my long IFR cross country (in day VFR) for the top requirement, even though I was under the hood.

1. these both need to be with an instructor.
2. they have to be VFR only (pilotage, dead reckoning, and radio nav) no simulated IFR not even .1
3. day can log 0.0 night, and the night flight can log 0.0 day

 

[MidlifeFlyer]

1. these both need to be with an instructor.
2. they have to be VFR only (pilotage, dead reckoning, and radio nav) no simulated IFR not even .1
3. day can log 0.0 night, and the night flight can log 0.0 day

I know where the no simulated IFR comes from, but I'm not so sure about the "not even .1" part, although the safest bet is to avoid it altogether.

What a lot of folks recommd for these training flights is to do them in one day: outbound day VFR; return night VFR.

 

[Blip16]

I know where the no simulated IFR comes from, but I'm not so sure about the "not even .1" part, although the safest bet is to avoid it altogether.

What a lot of folks recommd for these training flights is to do them in one day: outbound day VFR; return night VFR.

just a CYA thing i guess