Airman Certification Standards
ACS IR.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, recency of experience, and recordkeeping.
K2
Privileges and limitations.
K3
Part 68 BasicMed privileges and limitations.
Risk Management
R1
Proficiency versus currency.
R2
Personal minimums.
R3
Fitness for flight and physiological factors that might affect the pilot’s ability to fly under instrument conditions.
R4
Flying unfamiliar aircraft or operating with unfamiliar flight display systems and avionics.
Skill
S1
Apply requirements to act as pilot-in-command (PIC) under Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) in a scenario given by the evaluator.
Retrieved from ecfr.gov on July 17, 2026.