{"id":5053,"date":"2026-04-24T07:24:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T12:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jasonblair.net\/?p=5053"},"modified":"2026-04-24T07:32:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T12:32:23","slug":"faa-info-on-privileges-and-qualifying-endorsements-part-61-flight-instructors-with-a-sport-pilot-rating-issued","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jasonblair.net\/?p=5053","title":{"rendered":"FAA InFO on Privileges and Qualifying Endorsements Part 61 Flight Instructors with a Sport Pilot Rating Issued"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The FAA has issued InFO 26006 (April 10, 2026) to address questions following the MOSAIC rule, which expanded sport pilot aircraft privileges effective October 22, 2025.<\/p>\n

Flight instructors with only a sport pilot rating (14 CFR Part 61 Subpart K) are limited to providing training, checking, and endorsements solely for sport pilot privileges under Subpart J. The same restriction applies to Subpart H instructors when they exercise sport pilot privileges.<\/p>\n

Any endorsements issued\u2014including flight reviews, high-performance, complex, or tailwheel endorsements\u2014restrict the recipient to sport pilot limitations (\u00a7 61.315 and 61.316), even if the pilot holds a higher certificate.<\/p>\n

A sport pilot only flight instructor who provides flight training, including a flight review, even to the holder of a higher-level certificate, is only allowed to provide training that would allow the recipient of that training to exercise sport pilot privileges. To highlight this point in an example consider the following:<\/p>\n