Recent Experience

Recent experience is the regulatory requirement that a pilot must have completed a specific number of flights, take-offs, or landings within a defined timeframe to exercise the privileges of their licence. To carry passengers by day, a pilot must have completed three take-offs and landings in the past 90 days. Different recency requirements apply for night and instrument flight.

Key Points

• •Recent experience is required to legally carry passengers on an aircraft.
• •The standard requirement is 3 take-offs and landings in the past 90 days to carry passengers by day.
• •Different recency requirements apply for day, night, and instrument flight.

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