Originally Posted by
WEACLRS
A 14 CFR 121.441 Proficiency check does meet the requirements of part 61.56(d). All 61.56(d) requires a pilot to do is pass "...a pilot proficiency check conducted by...an approved pilot check airman..." within the preceding 24 calendar months. The tasks required for a 121.441 PC are in Appendix F of part 121 and more than meet the requirements of 61.56(a).
I agree that an airline PC should logically count as a BFR and IPC, but I don't think it does automatically...
-A simulator is not an airplane. Can you do a 91 BFR in a sim?
-An airline sim instructor may be, but does not have to be, a check airman or a CFI. He might just be an ATP. Can ATP's do 91 BFRs? Actually they can't; their authorization to instruct is strictly limited to 121 stuff and does not extend to most 91 CFI duties.
I'll take a look at the regs when I finish this trip, but I have always been under the impression that you still needed a BFR in your logbook.