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Flight Instructor Airplane · Area III: Preflight Preparation

Task A. Pilot Qualifications

FAA-S-ACS-25 · Effective 2024-05-31

Official FAA standard (PDF) ↗

Knowledge

What you should understand and be able to explain.

4 elements
  • AI.III.A.K1
    Certification, currency, and recordkeeping requirements, including training and logbook entries.
  • AI.III.A.K2
    Privileges and limitations of pilot certificates and ratings at student pilot, sport, recreational, private, commercial, and flight instructor levels.
  • AI.III.A.K3
    Medical certificates: class, expiration, privileges, temporary disqualifications, and operations under BasicMed.
  • AI.III.A.K4
    Documents pilots must possess to exercise privileges of the specified certificate(s) and rating(s).

Risk management

Risks to recognize and decisions to consider.

2 elements
  • AI.III.A.R1
    Proficiency versus currency.
  • AI.III.A.R2
    Flying unfamiliar aircraft or operating with unfamiliar flight display systems and avionics.
Skill elements and task objectives

This page covers knowledge and risk management. For the complete task, including skill standards, open the FAA document (PDF).