Flying Hint #4: Infrequent Flyer

Notwithstanding a fair amount of gratuitous pitch, yaw and roll, I have never had a flight student who could not maneuver an aircraft from point A to point B.  Here's the rub:  enter herein, take a seat and takeoff  (a fairly easy operation); you're now faced with landing the aircraft.  Landing requires not only training and experience but also practice, recency and currency.  FAR 61.57 (Federal Aviation Regulation) requires three takeoffs and three landing within the preceding 90 days in order to carry passengers.  For someone like myself, who doesn't get to fly nearly as often as desired, I've reduced  that minimum to 30 days, which more clearly aligns with the upper flat part of the landing sharpness curve.