Airman Certification Standards
ACS CH.I.A
Pilot Qualifications
This reproduces published FAA reference text for study. It does not replace the current official FAA publication or regulation.
Knowledge
K1
Certification requirements, recent flight experience, and recordkeeping.
K2
Privileges and limitations.
K3
Medical certificates: class, expiration, privileges, temporary disqualifications.
K4
Documents required to exercise commercial pilot privileges.
K5
Part 68 BasicMed privileges and limitations.
Risk Management
R1
Proficiency versus currency.
R2
Flying an unfamiliar helicopter or operating with unfamiliar flight display systems and avionics.
Skill
S1
Apply requirements to act as pilot-in-command (PIC) under Visual Flight Rules (VFR) in a scenario given by the evaluator.
Retrieved from ecfr.gov on July 17, 2026.