Are there any legal requirements concerning airline pilots and their watches? rethuela Vaa •ssotsevinnga 1
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Are there any legal requirements concerning airline pilots and their watches? Do they have to be of any particular kind and are pilots required to wear one at all?
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2$\\begingroup$ Closely related $\\endgroup$ – Pondlife 19 hours ago
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Well, a wristwatch can't be used to sneak around the requirement that IFR requires a clock mounted in the aircraft, FAR 91.205(d)(6). A missing or inoperative clock isn't likely in a modern airliner. As far as the FAA is concerned, a wristwatch is nothing more than jewelry.
Ages ago, a wristwatch may have helped with calculating fuel burn and range, but even then, it was a convenience rather than mandated equipment.
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6$\\begingroup$ FWIW, I've had my PPL since the late '70s, and have never owned or worn a wristwatch. $\\endgroup$ – jamesqf 16 hours ago
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19$\\begingroup$ BUT, if you do wear one it has to be a large, blingy, one that leaves no mistake as to your status as a cool dude pilot :) $\\endgroup$ – jwenting 13 hours ago
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6$\\begingroup$ A pity that we have no rear bumpers to proclaim, my other cessna is a porsche. $\\endgroup$ – Camille Goudeseune 13 hours ago
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1$\\begingroup$ @CamilleGoudeseune - "My other plane is a Porsche-Mooney" may be more appropriate... :) $\\endgroup$ – ivanivan 3 hours ago
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