# Pilot Qualifications ## Recency of Experience - remember that the circling approach and the landing task for the IPC are required to be done in the airplane and cannot be done in our AATD - stated talking to ATC and circling approach - asked about when you can log an instrument approach - good job ## Personal Minimums - asked about what departure personal minimums - stated over gusting 20 knots, ceilings below 2000 feet, vis below 5 - good job when asking about flying below personal minimums ## Proficiency vs Currency - good job # Weather Information ## AIRMETs / SIGMETs / Conv. SIGMETs - good job - the point of knowing T/S/Z airmet is so that if they are announced on ATC frequency ## Pressure Systems - stated low pressure clockwise ## Troughs - try to avoid stating "bad weather" and instead be more specific about your explanations of the weather phenomina ## Weather Products - good job # Cross Country Flight Planning ## Alternate Requirements - if your planned alternate does not have an instrument approach you have to be able to go from MEA to landing under basic VFR - stated that if ALTERNATE MINIMUMS not published for alternate airport then it cannot be used as an alternate - ALTERNATE MINIMUMS only apply for ==***planning purposes only!***== you can fly to normal minimums when actually flying to your alternate # Approach Procedures ![[Screenshot 2025-01-31 at 1.54.30 PM.png]] - KAGS ILS 35 - stated that cannot be done without GPS - ==***unable to determine what LOM is***== - looked it up and stated that it would give you distance information - stated FAF for ILS is at BUSHE - asked when you would go missed on LOC approach - ==***stated at MAP, asked where that was and stated at the localizer***== - asked about circling to runway 26 - stated would always start when reaching 1.3 - was not familiar with circling maneuvering radius - asked about TAA - used KSFB RNAV 9R 15 miles southeast of IPNEC - stated could not start descending until crossing JORVU - stated that the TAA were minimum safe altitudes # Enroute Chart Symbology - overall good job - unable to find designated mountainous areas