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FAA passenger night currency and safety pilots? (self.flying)

submitted 1 year ago by rexxit to c/flying

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Asking here because I no longer have a Reddit account: if a safety pilot is a required crew member and one or both pilots are not night current, is it legal to fly after the end of civil twilight?

I could argue it isn't because there are phases of flight where no safety pilot is required (taking off and landing) and therefore they are a passenger. Is that a correct interpretation of the regs?

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[–] theyoyomaster 1 points 1 year ago (4 children)

It's been a few years but when a buddy and I were building some IFR hours with a safety pilot shortly after I got my PPL the interpretation my CFI gave me was I couldn't be PIC if I wasn't night current. I picked him up during the day but then at civil twilight he hopped out and I did my landings then picked him back up.

[–] vatlark 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is a good interpretation from the FAA for that situation: https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/agc/practice_areas/regulations/interpretations/data/interps/2014/Schaffner_2014_Legal_Interpretation.pdf

[–] theyoyomaster 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks, I don't do much GA so on the rare occasion that I do I'm always looking up stuff like this.