FAQ Pilots With Answers

1)
Q. My Airman Certificate has been lost or destroyed. Where do I get a replacement?

A. Send letter with request, and a check or money order for $2.00 (U.S. Dollars only), payable to the Federal Aviation Administration. To the following address:

   Department of Transportation
    Federal Aviation Administration
    Airman Certificate Branch
    Post Office Box 25082
    Oklahoma City, OK 731125

Telephone: 405.954.32.05 Inquiry line: 405.954.3261
Fax: 405.954.4105 Written Test (inquiry line): 405.954.3235

2)
Q. Where can I get a FAA validation of my foreign pilots license in Europe?

A. There are two Designated Pilot Examiners in Germany.

Mr. Connie Wood Telephone: 49.171.500.2150
Heidelberg 49.622.471.154

Mr. Frederick Schellhorn Telephone: 49.6138.7336
Mainz Fax: same

3)
Q. What is the closest FAA International Field Office that can assist me with pilot issues?

A. The New York International Field Office.

Telephone: 718.553.0986
Fax: 718.553.1360

Mailing Address:

    Federal Aviation Administration
    New York IFO, EA29
    Halmar Building #75, Room 238
    JFK International Airport
    Jamaica, New York 11430

4)
Q. I recently had my name changed, How do I update my Pilot Certificate?

A. Please send your certificate (original), a copy of the marriage license, court order, or other documents verifying the change to:

                   The Department of Transportation
                   Federal Aviation Adminstration
                   Airman Certificate Branch
                   Post Office Box 25082
                   Oklahoma City, OK 73125

The documents are returned to the applicant after a review is completed..

5)
Q. I have changed my permanent mailing address on my pilots/flight instructors certificate, who do I notify in FAA?

A. FAA regulations states that the holder may not after 30 days from the date he moved exercise the privileges of his certificate unless he has notified in writing the Department of Transportation,at the address below.

6)
Q. Will GPS ever be sufficient for providing precision approach capability for all-weather landing operations? What about very low visibility (zero-zero) approaches?

                  A. Yes, and yes. The FAA is currently developing the technical specifications for
                  the Local Area Augmentation System (LAAS) that has proven in tests to provide
                  Category I, II, and III precision approach guidance using GPS as the essential
                  element.

7)
Q. Where can I obtain information about an aircraft accident?

A.
National Transportation Safety Board
Public Inquiry Section, RE-51
490 L'Enfant Plaza East S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20594
(202) 314-6551
Internet site: http://www.ntsb.gov

8)
Q. Where can I order aeronautical charts?

A.
NOAA Distribution Branch, N/CG33
National Ocean Service
6501 Lafayette Avenue
Riverdale, MD 20737-1199
General information (301) 436-6990 or 1-800-638-8972
Subscriptions (301) 436-6990
FAX (301) 436-6829

9)
Q. Where can I obtain copies of "free" and/or "for sale" Advisory Circulars? Free

A. Send a written request to:

U.S. Department of Transportation
Subsequent Distribution Office, SVC-121.23
Ardmore East Business Center
3341Q 75th Avenue
Landover, MD 20785
FAX (301) 386-5394

10)
Q. Can a private pilot receive compensation while towing gliders, in accordance with the new §61.113(g).

A: The answer is no, a private pilot may not receive compensation for towing a glider.

The intent, and the wording of the new §61.113(g), was to permit a private pilot who meets the requirements of §61.69 of this part to ". . . act as pilot in command of an aircraft towing a glider" for the purpose of logging pilot in command (PIC) time. The new rule was never intended to conflict with the FAA’s long standing legal interpretations and policies on compensation for private pilots. And the wording of the new §61.113(g) only addresses the issue that permits a private pilot to ". . . act as pilot in command of an aircraft towing a glider" for the purpose of permitting a private pilot to log pilot in command time. As you recall, the wording of the old §61.69 permitted a private pilot to act as a PIC but was moot on logging the time. The new §61.113(g) was issued to correct it. However, I agree the wording of the new §61.113(a) may be confusing.

11)
Q. Reference §61.71(b)(1); Does this Part 121 proficiency check have to be a PIC proficiency check? Does the check have to be given by an FAA Inspector or an FAA DPE?

A. As per §61.71(b)(1), "Satisfactorily accomplished an approved training program and the pilot-in-command
proficiency check for that airplane type, in accordance with the pilot-in-command requirements under subparts N and O of part 121 of this chapter; and" and As per §61.157(f), in pertinent part, ". . . Any check must be evaluated by a designated examiner or FAA Inspector."

12)
Q. Can a CFI (not holding instrument instructor rating) teach an instrument ground school?

ANSWER: No. Ref. §61.193; A holder of a flight instructor certificate that does not have instrument privileges on his or her flight instructor certificate may not ". . . give training and endorsements that are
required for, and relate to:. . [per §61.193(f)]. an instrument rating. . ."

13)
Q. Part 61.127(b)(1)(x) refers to high-altitude operations. §61.127 (a) says the applicant must have received
ground and flight training in those areas of operation. Does that mean a commercial applicant single engine land must find a pressurized single engine aircraft or an aircraft equipped with oxygen for training?

A. NO. However, the applicant must receive training on high-altitude operations and physiological and be prepared for knowledge testing relating to the appropriate Areas of Operation.

14)
Q. Does the long instrument cross country still require the three required approaches to be conducted at three different airports? Or, can they all be done at one airport as long as the specified distance is covered and three different kinds of approaches are made with the use of navigation systems?

A. Reference §61.65(d)(2)(iii)(B) and (C), it states:

(iii) For an instrument--airplane rating, instrument training on cross-country flight procedures specific to airplanes that includes
at least one cross-country flight in an airplane that is performed under IFR, and consists of--

(A) A distance of at least 250 nautical miles along airways or ATC-directed routing;

(B) An instrument approach at each airport; and

NO, the approaches do not have to be done at THREE different airports. "However, at least two airports must be involved, one of which is a point of landing more than 50 NM from the original point of departure (see q&a-47 under answers for 61.65)." ) Just like it says ". . . A distance of at least 250 nautical miles along airways or ATC-directed routing. . ." You could do one approach and a landing at an airport 125 NM away from the original point of departure and on the return do 2 approaches at the departure airport. Just make sure you do ". . . Three different kinds of approaches with the use of navigation systems. . ." and an instrument approach at each airport.

15)
Q. Reference §61.65(d)(2)(i): Does all 15 hours have to be performed in the actual aircraft category or can some
of that 15 hours be performed in a flight simulator or flight training device?

A: All of the 15 hours must be accomplished in the actual aircraft category. The portion that may be performed in a
flight simulator or flight training device is addressed in §61.65(e). But §61.65(e) only permits use of a flight simulator or flight
training device for the ". . . 40 hours . . ." stated in §61.65(d)(2).

16)
Q. Can a non-Part 141 student transfer into a Part 141 school’s course that has examining authority? If so, what is the maximum credit that may be credited to a non-Part 141 student who elects to enroll in a school’s course that holds examining authority?

A: Ref. §141.67(b)(1); You cannot permit a non-Part 141transfer student to transfer into a school’s course that
holds examining authority. This was intentional because we do not want a non-Part 141 transfer student to come into a Part
141 approved course that holds examining authority. Non-Part 141 transfer student must complete ALL of the course
requirements of a course that holds examining authority. Per §141.67(b)(1):

(b) Except as provided in this paragraph, the person satisfactorily completed all the curriculum requirements of that pilot school’s approved training course. A person who transfers from one part 141 approved pilot school to another part 141 approved pilot school may receive credit for that previous training, provided the following requirements are met:

     (1) The maximum credited training time does not exceed one-half of the receiving school’s curriculum requirements;

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