Lack of Recency a Risk for Flight Departments
AviationManuals noted an increase in clients' risk assessments in 2021.

In 2021, nearly a third of AviationManuals’ clients identified lack of recency as a risk factor for their operations, according to data analyzed by the flight department manual and safety services specialist. Lack of recency among pilots occurs when they haven’t been flying for a period and may miss performing tasks once they return to the flight deck. “It’s just basic things like memory items,” AviationManuals senior adviser Kevin Honan told AIN, “and they need a little bit of refreshing to get back up to speed and make sure everybody’s safe.” He suspects that much of the lack of recency issue centers around the Covid-19 pandemic, which idled a lot of Part 91 and 135 aircraft for several months.