Air Safety Institute officials note that as they renewed the electronic Flight Instructor Refresher Course (eFIRC) with the FAA, “we took the opportunity to incorporate fresh scenarios, including new videos and images.”
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Flying safely in our golden years
There are more than 160,000 general aviation pilots aged 60 and older still flying, so it’s incumbent on those pilots to maintain proficiency, recognize cognitive and physiological deficiencies as they arise, reevaluate personal minimums, and adjust their flying to accommodate the inevitable changes that occur with aging. The flight instructing community is essential to these efforts.