Originally Posted by
rickair7777
-A simulator is not an airplane. Can you do a 91 BFR in a sim?
Yes. Because 61.56(d) allows a proficiency check and 121.441(c) allows that proficiency check to be in an approved flight simulator.
Originally Posted by
rickair7777
-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.
Only an approved pilot check airman(121.441(b)(2)), not a sim instructor or just an ATP, can give a 121.441 PC. You must be designated by the FAA on your check airman approval letter as either a "Proficiency Check Airman - Simulator" or "Check Airman - All Checks" to conduct a 121.441 PC in an approved flight simulator.
Originally Posted by
rickair7777
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.
Thanks.