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 oppurtunity to establish and participate in a personal recurrent training program.
Aviation safety is a cooperative effort among all members of the aviation community.
Recurrent training is the key to proficiency. Also, a pilot need not accomplish the flight review requirements of 14 CFR part 61, 61.56 if, since the beginning of the 24th calendar month before the month in which that pilot acts as pilot in command, he or she has satisfactorily completed one or more phases of this program. Airplanes One hour of flight training to include basic airplane control, stalls, turns, and other maneuvers directed toward mastery of the airplane. One hour of flight training to include approaches, take-offs, and landings, including crosswind, soft field, and short field techniques. One hour of instrument training in an airplane, FAA-approved simulator or training device.