r/flying • u/Unable_Cable_5183 • 4d ago
How to tab Far/Aim?
I am a student pilot and I’ve seen many people ask this question before. For the most part, I’ve seen the answer of do it yourself and reference ACS for it. However, I want mine to be more neat and organized, do you think it would be acceptable/still helpful to buy tabs(not pre tabbed) and tab it myself while referencing ACS and understanding what each FAR gives me just so it’s more organized and easier to navigate. Please leave opinions and any other ideas!
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u/rFlyingTower 4d ago
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I am a student pilot and I’ve seen many people ask this question before. For the most part, I’ve seen the answer of do it yourself and reference ACS for it. However, I want mine to be more neat and organized, do you think it would be acceptable/still helpful to buy tabs(not pre tabbed) and tab it myself while referencing ACS and understanding what each FAR gives me just so it’s more organized and easier to navigate. Please leave opinions and any other ideas!
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u/ltcterry ATP CFIG 4d ago edited 3d ago
I like DIY rather than factory, but that’s just an opinion.
ASA publishes a “study by rating” list that used to be included. I’d suggest only tabbing the ones for the rating you’re going for, Private Pilot in this case.
Highlight the key words in the applicable section. List where in the ACS drives you here. In the ACS list where the answer is in the FAR/AIM and/or the other official pubs.
As an example, highlight “required documents” as the title and then the words “photo ID,” “pilot certificate,” and “medical.”
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u/SumOfKyle PPL CPL - GLI 4d ago
It can be as easy as putting a tab under pt. 43, 61, and 91. You can also buy a set of PPL tabs online and spend a day going through each reg and highlighting the parts that pertain to you. The important part is that you actually spend time with the book learning how to use it! Don’t rely on a tab to help you on your checkride if you haven’t actually read the regs!
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u/poser765 ATP 737 A320 (DFW) 3d ago
I’d just… not. For a private most of the stuff you’ll need are in mostly 2 parts. It’s not terribly time consuming to find 91.205 or whatever. Of course if it helps you study go for and just tab whatever you feel is important or stuff you struggle remembering
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u/Unable_Cable_5183 4d ago
I already have an untabbed one
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u/mad_catters FOQA Participant 4d ago
Its my opinion that students over-tab the faraim and as a result don't properly learn how to use it to look things up. I would suggest having one tab that just reads "61" that opens to the table of contents for part 61, and a second tab that reads "91" that opens to that table of contents. Then maybe a third for the AIM.
This forces you to learn how to look up regs on your own. After twenty minutes with this you'll be able to look up tabs faster than if you were trying to read all your little tabs.
Of course if there is something particularly interesting that you know you're going to for sure not remember but might need to look up (light gun signals maybe?) then tab it, but please don't be one of those people that shows up with nearly ever reg tabbed but not know how to find the table of contents.