BFR during covid?

[zodiac flyer]

My BFR was due 12/31/2020, I know it's now just called a flight review.
I know the FAA extended it two months to 1/31/2021 due to covid concerns.
So now it's coming up again and the end of the month, and I am thinking what to do.

1-Risk it and take the flight review? I am also risking the health of my 95 year old mom who I have with me temporarily due to covid.
2-stop flying until vaccinated which may be 3-4 months.
3-just keep flying and do the BFR when the threat is over.

So what would you do or what are your plans for a flight review?
Thanks.
Dave

[drseti]

It's a little late for this option now, Dave, but what I would have done (past tense) is participate annually in the FAA Safety Team WINGS program. You can do a phase of WINGS every year by doing three ground activities (such as my frequent webinars) and three flight activities with any CFI (each of which can be knocked out in about a half hour). A WINGS phase counts as a flight review. So, you can keep resetting your clock every single year, and never have to worry about expiring.

[Warmi]

My BFR was due 12/31/2020, I know it's now just called a flight review.
I know the FAA extended it two months to 1/31/2021 due to covid concerns.
So now it's coming up again and the end of the month, and I am thinking what to do.

1-Risk it and take the flight review? I am also risking the health of my 95 year old mom who I have with me temporarily due to covid.
2-stop flying until vaccinated which may be 3-4 months.
3-just keep flying and do the BFR when the threat is over.

So what would you do or what are your plans for a flight review?
Thanks.
Dave

I had my flight review with a 25 year old CFI back in May ( I am in my late 40s) - the risk of dying from Covid for both of us given our age groups is so small this this has not even entered my calculations.

There seems to be a huge ( I am mean really huge, by many orders of magnitude) jump in risk of dying for people over 70 so this has to be factored in on an individual basis.

[drseti]

There seems to be a huge ( I mean really huge, by many orders of magnitude) jump in risk of dying for people over 70 so this has to be factored in on an individual basis.

Which is exactly why I am taking extreme precautions. I kept my distance from others a month ago when I went to SC to inspect, and then buy, my new plane. Then when I got home to PA, I got a COVID test (thankfully, it came back negative). Us old farts just can't be too careful.

[3Dreaming]

One option is to find a CFI who has recovered from COVID in the past 90 days. An other option would be to pay for a rapid COVID test the morning of the flight review for both you and the instructor. If the results are negative then do the review.

[ShawnM]

One option is to find a CFI who has recovered from COVID in the past 90 days. An other option would be to pay for a rapid COVID test the morning of the flight review for both you and the instructor. If the results are negative then do the review.

My girlfriend and I went to Savannah for Christmas (we drove) like we do every year and we were tested the week prior to us leaving. We were meeting two other friends so we all were tested to be safe. The testing site where we went here in Florida said the rapid tests are not as accurate as the standard 2-3 day wait time result tests. Don't know how true this is but this is what we were told. I know they also do the rapid tests here at Tampa International Airport for anyone crazy enough to get on a commercial plane these days.

[Warmi]

One option is to find a CFI who has recovered from COVID in the past 90 days. An other option would be to pay for a rapid COVID test the morning of the flight review for both you and the instructor. If the results are negative then do the review.

My girlfriend and I went to Savannah for Christmas (we drove) like we do every year and we were tested the week prior to us leaving. We were meeting two other friends so we all were tested to be safe. The testing site where we went here in Florida said the rapid tests are not as accurate as the standard 2-3 day wait time result tests. Don't know how true this is but this is what we were told. I know they also do the rapid tests here at Tampa International Airport for anyone crazy enough to get on a commercial plane these days.

According to CDC , If you are in your 20s or 30s your risk of dying of Covid is about the same as dying in a GA plane flight - about 1 in 100 000 or so ... while if you are in your 70s it goes up to about 3-5 % depending on other factors which I would say is relatively significant but still not exactly the Black Death type of deal ...
The only reason I don’t want to fly commercial long distances these days is because most places out there are no fun to visit with all these restrictions in place and I don’t want to sit for 8 hours wearing an increasingly filthier and filthier mask.

[3Dreaming]

One option is to find a CFI who has recovered from COVID in the past 90 days. An other option would be to pay for a rapid COVID test the morning of the flight review for both you and the instructor. If the results are negative then do the review.

My girlfriend and I went to Savannah for Christmas (we drove) like we do every year and we were tested the week prior to us leaving. We were meeting two other friends so we all were tested to be safe. The testing site where we went here in Florida said the rapid tests are not as accurate as the standard 2-3 day wait time result tests. Don't know how true this is but this is what we were told. I know they also do the rapid tests here at Tampa International Airport for anyone crazy enough to get on a commercial plane these days.

What I saw was that they are 99+% effective. While it may not be as good as the long test,it would add a significant degree of safety for him to do the flight review. As a side note my son had to be tested 2-3 times a week while at college.