Passenger recency (90-day rule)
Licence & logbook
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Under FCL.060, you may only carry passengers as PIC if you have made at least 3 take-offs, approaches and landings as sole manipulator of the controls in the preceding 90 days, in an aircraft of the same type or class.
- German term
- Passagier-Mindestflugerfahrung (90-Tage-Regel)
Carrying passengers at night adds a requirement that at least one of these landings was made at night, unless you hold an instrument rating. The rule applies in addition to a valid licence, rating and medical.
In practice
Check the 90-day window before inviting friends along — and fly a solo circuit session if it is close.
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Official sources
Content reviewed: 2026-11
For general information only. Always use official sources, your aircraft's flight manual and current national rules for flight decisions.