PA.I.A — Task A — Pilot Qualifications
FAA-S-ACS-6C — Area of Operation I
Official ACS text — PA.I.A
ACS — CERTIFICATION STANDARDReferences: 14 CFR parts 61, 68, 91; AC 68-1; FAA-H-8083-2, FAA-H-8083-3, FAA-H-8083-25
Objective: To determine the applicant exhibits satisfactory knowledge, risk management, and skills associated with airman and medical certificates including privileges, limitations, currency, and operating as pilot-in- command as a private pilot.
Knowledge — The applicant demonstrates understanding of:
PA.I.A.K1 Certification requirements, recent flight experience, and recordkeeping.
PA.I.A.K2 Privileges and limitations.
PA.I.A.K3 Medical certificates: class, expiration, privileges, temporary disqualifications.
PA.I.A.K4 Documents required to exercise private pilot privileges.
PA.I.A.K5 Part 68 BasicMed privileges and limitations.
Risk Management — The applicant is able to identify, assess, and mitigate risk associated with:
PA.I.A.R1 Proficiency versus currency.
PA.I.A.R2 Flying unfamiliar aircraft or operating with unfamiliar flight display systems and avionics.
Skills — The applicant exhibits the skill to:
PA.I.A.S1 Apply requirements to act as pilot-in-command (PIC) under Visual Flight Rules (VFR) in a scenario given by the evaluator.
Reproduced from FAA-S-ACS-6C, Change 1 (November 2023). Verify against the official document before relying on it.
Is this a regulation?
No — this is a certification standard, not a regulation.
Airman Certification Standards. The ACS defines what an applicant must know, consider and do to pass a practical test. It is a certification standard, not a regulation.