What is Excess Flight Time?

What is Excess Flight Time?

• A. Flight time flown over the required 4.0 hours a month. CAN be applied in Grace Period.
• B. Flight time flown under 4 hours a month.
• C. Banked Time
• D. Lost Time

Answer: (A)

Excess flight time is the amount of flight time that goes beyond the required 4.0 hours each month. This extra time isn’t wasted—it can be banked and applied during the Grace Period to help meet monthly requirements in months when you fly less. In practice, if you fly more than the 4.0 hours in a month, the additional hours can be used to cover short months later, as allowed by the program’s grace period rules. The other ideas described—flying under 4 hours, generic “banked time,” or “lost time”—don’t capture the idea of hours earned beyond the minimum that can be carried over to a grace period.

Excess flight time is the amount of flight time that goes beyond the required 4.0 hours each month. This extra time isn’t wasted—it can be banked and applied during the Grace Period to help meet monthly requirements in months when you fly less. In practice, if you fly more than the 4.0 hours in a month, the additional hours can be used to cover short months later, as allowed by the program’s grace period rules. The other ideas described—flying under 4 hours, generic “banked time,” or “lost time”—don’t capture the idea of hours earned beyond the minimum that can be carried over to a grace period.