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To carry passengers during the day, a pilot must have made how many takeoffs and landings in the preceding 90 days?
Choices
✓ Three takeoffs and three landingscorrect
Passenger currency requires three takeoffs and three landings in the preceding 90 days.
One takeoff and one landing
One is not sufficient; the requirement is three of each.
Five takeoffs and five landings
The regulation specifies three, not five.
No takeoffs or landings are required
Recency of experience is required to carry passengers.
Why
To carry passengers, a pilot must have made at least three takeoffs and three landings within the preceding 90 days in the same category and class (and type, if a type rating is required). In a tailwheel airplane the landings must be to a full stop, and at night these must be to a full stop as well.
FAA source: 14 CFR 61.57browse the reference library →
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