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Required endorsements question

Old 01-30-2018, 12:56 PM
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Had a question on a checkride that came up recently that was rather confusing and was just looking to reach out and get help from the community. I've been racking my brain to try and get the right answers from 61.65g. 2 scenarios,

scenario 1.Private rotorcraft pilot comes in and wants to get private MEL rating. what are all the endorsements he needs out of 61.65g


Scenario 2 is the same just Private Rotorcraft-Commercial MEL.


My understanding is scenario 1 they will need. endorsement #'s 1,32,3367,71,73

Scenario 2 they will need-1,34,35,67,71,73.

Any help clarifying this would be great, thanks!
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Old 02-03-2018, 03:34 PM
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I actually teach initial CFI training so I know endorsements like the back of my hand. 1 is required for every checkride so that is correct. If there is a knowledge test required you also need 2 if they did not get 100% on it. You would need that in scenario 2 you posted but scenario 1 is staying at private pilot privileges so a knowledge test isn’t required.

For scenario 1 endorsements 33 and 32 are not required because it’s an additional category/class rating, not an initial certificate. i.e. adding a rating onto a private certificate. You would only need endorsement 73 instead for training under FAR 61.63

You would never need endorsement 71 for a checkride because it’s specifically for a rated pilot to fly solo, an examiner being on board makes it not solo. But it could be used for the solo time time required for the commercial certificate, just not required for the checkride

For scenario 2 you would use the 34 and 35 endorsements since it’s the initial commercial checkride.

For scenario 1 it would be endorsements 1, 67, and 73, and for scenario 2 it would be 1, 2, 34, 35, and 67

Hope that helps!!
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Old 03-04-2018, 02:12 PM
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Awesome, had been asking around the flight school a lot and people were saying the same thing. Appreciate you helping clear up the confusion!
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