One thing I can say for certain….I got a lot of rest the other night, my first night of watching the IFR instructional videos. You see….It’s very easy to fall asleep when you are done watching the videos. “Why??”, you ask? Mostly because you may have already fallen asleep while it was playing. Whew. I need to find some way to stay awake for these. I got through the first series the second day, but it wasn’t much better.
I am hoping it gets better, as more information…useful information… gets the ‘ol grey matter chugging and I’ll want to stay awake. And stay interested. And stay intrigued. But so far, for now, it hasn’t grabbed me like a Marvel movie.
But one thing that DID grab my attention last night was an FAA Notice regarding the IFR cross country approaches requirement. It seems two previous, legal, interpretations inaccurately concluded that an applicant for an Instrument Rating must use three different approaches using three different navigation systems to meet the requirements.
However, the FAA concluded that the plain language requirement of § 61.65(d)(2)(ii)(C) “requires three different types of approaches, not three different navigation systems.” So they want all CFI’s and DPE’s to know that “the requirements for an instrument rating may be met by performing three different approaches, regardless of the source of navigation. “. WHEW! Good news.
There’s 3 pages of information in the memorandum, so if you would like to read more detail about these conclusions it is located here: https://www.faasafety.gov/files/notices/2022/Mar/61.65_Recission_memo.pdf