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What are personal minimums?

Choices

  • ✓ Self-imposed limits stricter than the regulations, matched to current skillcorrect

    Personal minimums are self-set limits above the legal floor.

  • The lowest legal weather minimums allowed

    Personal minimums are stricter than the legal minimums, not equal to them.

  • The minimum number of hours to keep a certificate

    There is no such hour-based minimum, and this is not what personal minimums are.

  • A requirement set by the FAA for every pilot

    Personal minimums are self-imposed, not FAA-mandated.

Why

Personal minimums are self-imposed limits on weather, wind, runway, fuel, and currency that are stricter than the regulations and adjusted as experience grows.

FAA source: AFH / personal minimumsbrowse the reference library →

This is taught in Staying Safe: Personal Minimums and Continuing Education — study the lessons free, then practice with grading and mastery tracking.

Original study question written for this course — representative of FAA knowledge-test topics, not an actual current FAA exam question.

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