The FAA Office of General Counsel issues interpretations in response to requests for clarification of the Federal Aviation Regulations. These interpretations carry almost as much weight as the regs they reference, so pilots should become aware of them and how to research them. Here are some highlights which apply to us as general aviation pilots.
Ability to fly shorter than published leg lengths on some holding patterns
Neither a pilot nor their instructor are considered "passengers" for purposes of satisfying currency requirements to fly passengers during day or night.
A pilot and their safety pilot cannot both log cross country flight time even though they are both logging PIC time while the pilot is flying in simulated instrument conditions.
A pilot who builds flight time while someone else pays for the aircraft may be receiving compensation.
A parachute is not required for spin training for a CFI initial applicant.
Kortokrax was rescinded in 2023 and a new legal definition of "passenger" and changes to 61.57 (passenger currency regs) come out December 2nd, 2024. Read all about it here (https://www.helicoptertrainingvideos.com/2024/11/instructor-student-passenger-currency-regulation-changes-dec-2024) or watch the short video: https://youtu.be/cPKi2TeeFKg
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kortokrax was rescinded.
https://www.faa.gov/media/84641
For IFR students dealing with questions of airworthiness and GRABCARD, a legal interpretation of what a functional clock could be.
https://www.faa.gov/sites/faa.gov/files/faa_migrate/interps/2016/Nkugba_2016_Legal_Interpretation.pdf
Logging an approach under simulated IMC (Daniel Murphy, June 30, 2009, page 3) requires the pilot to continue to the MDA or DA/DH unless in actual IMC, when the pilot can log the approach if he doesn't exit IMC until after passing the FAF.