A checkout is not required by the FAA if the pilot is already qualified in the same category and class of aircraft. As a result, there are no predefined checkout requirements for an aircraft checkout. The checkout requirements and procedures are defined by either the FBO or flight school renting the aircraft, or even the flight instructor giving the checkout.https://shareok.org/bitstream/handle...=1&isAllowed=y (sid 32)
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Insurance companies define minimum pilot qualifications for coverage to apply to the pilot of the aircraft.
Toward a Standard Checkouthttps://www.ainonline.com/aviation-n...eckout-dilemma
Part of creating OpenAirplane is to assuage the fears of insurance underwriters, which ultimately set many of the standards used by the aviation industry and have driven the development of the dreaded checkout. The task, he explained, “is to create an industry-wide standard that everyone can be cool with. There’s no standardization of what constitutes a checkout.” One FBO might require filling out a complicated data form about the airplane and an hour-long flight while another will be satisfied with three takeoffs and landings.
This lack of a standardized checkout fuels distrust among rental providers. OpenAirplane will create a checkout standard that participating rental companies can rely on to know that OpenAirplane pilots have been checked out properly elsewhere. “It allows [the FBO] to know you weren’t pencil-whipped through the process,” Rakic said. “We’ve got some inertia here of pulling together a coalition of operators and insurance providers, to fix a problem that’s plagued pilots and created a lot of friction.”
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With more utilization, we can keep private aviation from dwindling into nothing.”
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