To meet the recency of experience requirements to act as pilot in command carrying passengers at night, a pilot must have made at least three takeoffs and three landings to a full stop within the preceding 90 days in?

• A. The Same Category And Class Of Aircraft To Be Used
• B. Any Aircraft
• C. The Same Type
• D. Any Category

Answer: (A)

Recent experience to act as PIC carrying passengers at night must be current in the same kind of airplane you’ll fly. Specifically, in the 90 days before acting as PIC, you need at least three takeoffs and three landings to a full stop as PIC in an aircraft of the same category and class as the one you will operate. This keeps your recent practice aligned with the aircraft’s flight characteristics and procedures, so your night operations are performed with demonstrated recent experience in the same flight envelope.

If the aircraft requires a type rating, you would need those three takeoffs and landings in the same type as well. The requirement isn’t satisfied by flights in a different category or class, or by using a different aircraft entirely; you must stay within the same category and class as the aircraft you intend to operate. Therefore, the option stating the same category and class of aircraft to be used is the best fit.