Airman Certification Standards

ACS AI.III.A

Preflight Preparation - Task A

This reproduces published FAA reference text for study. It does not replace the current official FAA publication or regulation.

Knowledge

Certification, currency, and recordkeeping requirements, including training and logbook entries.

Privileges and limitations of pilot certificates and ratings at student pilot, sport, recreational, private, commercial, and flight instructor levels.

Medical certificates: class, expiration, privileges, temporary disqualifications, and operations under BasicMed.

Documents pilots must possess to exercise privileges of the specified certificate(s) and rating(s).

Risk Management

Proficiency versus currency.

Flying unfamiliar aircraft or operating with unfamiliar flight display systems and avionics.

Skill

Deliver instruction on at least two of the elements specified in K1 through K4.

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