Regular proficiency training is essential to the safety of all pilots and their passengers. The objective of the Pilot Proficiency Award Program is to provide pilots with the opportunity to establish and participate in a personal recurrent training program.
Aviation safety is a cooperative effort among all members of the aviation community.
The FAA encourages each pilot to establish a recurrent training program and invites pilots to participate in the Pilot Proficiency Award Program. All pilots holding a recreational pilot certificate or higher and a current medical certificate, when required, may participate. The Pilot Proficiency Award Program is now a 20-phase program. I wings are plain bronze tone. Phase II wings are a silver tone with a star added.