Pilot Institute

JANUARY 24, 2025

Special VFR (SVFR) is a clearance that is given to an aircraft by ATC that allows flights in controlled airspace under VFR when weather is below standard VFR minimums but above IFR thresholds. Once again, the judgment call will be yours as the Pilot in Command. A student pilot cannot request a Special VFR (SVFR) clearance.

Clearance

Air Facts

MAY 5, 2025

Besides, we were still operating under a declared emergency which allows the pilot in command to do anything necessary to mitigate the danger he or she is facing. We were about 1/2 mile from the threshold. It would not be easy getting perfectly aligned with the runway threshold by looking through the tiny hole in the ice.

VOR

Flight Training Central

JULY 14, 2025

The aviation industry has long debated the minimum flight hours required for pilots to obtain an Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) certificate, a prerequisite for serving as a pilot in command at major airlines.

Pilot

Universal Weather

JULY 29, 2025

They vary depending on factors such as: Crew experience and preferences Flight department SOPs Local airport and terrain considerations For example, one operator may be comfortable with a 3,000-foot ceiling minimum, while another might require a more conservative threshold.

Ceiling

AV Web

APRIL 15, 2025

Seems the accident helicopter was the subject of a FAA Special Federal Aviation Regulation (SFAR), which specified academic, flight training, qualification, and currency requirements for pilots acting as pilot-in-command. No mention of IPC results. The FA was apparently qualified to serve mimosas.

Pilot

Air Facts

JANUARY 29, 2025

To get a little better view approaching the threshold I leaned to my left and stretched up to maybe see a little more of the runway. The XO was now pilot in command and I was doing co-pilot duties on the flight to Dallas. The view from the rear seat is mostly out the side window.

Runway

Photographic Logbook

JANUARY 25, 2025

Today would be his first landing on the ice as pilot in command. Rolling out on final approach, I was surprised to see another airplane stopped right at the runway threshold. Usually, Alton Bay volunteers hold departure traffic significantly farther back from the threshold when other aircraft are about to land.

Runway