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Under 14 CFR § 107.65, a person may not exercise the privileges of a remote pilot in command unless, within the previous 24 calendar months, that person has —

Why: 14 CFR § 107.65 requires a remote pilot to have, within the previous 24 calendar months, passed an initial or recurrent knowledge test or completed recurrent training covering § 107.73 (or § 107.74 training for a qualifying part 61 certificate holder). AC 107-2A § 6.7.2 confirms the 24-calendar-month recurrent training cycle.

  • Part 107 has no recurrent flight-hour requirement; recency under § 107.65 is satisfied through knowledge testing or training, not logged flight time.
  • Remote pilots do not hold an FAA medical certificate under part 107, so there is nothing to renew; recency is purely a knowledge requirement.

UA.I.B.K22Source: 14-cfr-107.txt, § 107.65; AC_107-2A.pdf § 6.7.2, p. 6-5Reviewed 2026-10-22

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