Commercial/MEI Study Planning · Source-checked
Writing personal minimums
Learning goals
- Draft personal minimums with your instructor
- Know when to revise them
Personal minimums are your own limits, often stricter than the regulations: ceiling, visibility, crosswind, runway length, night and currency. Writing them down before you need them protects you from deciding under pressure.
The Risk Management Handbook gives a step-by-step method that starts with weather flight categories. Review your limits with your instructor and update them as experience grows — or tighten them after a long break. If a flight needs you to bend a minimum, that is the signal to wait.
Assigned reading
Risk Management Handbook (FAA-H-8083-2A)
Risk Management Handbook Ch. 2: Personal Minimums · Federal Aviation Administration · reviewed 2026-10-21
Self-check
Original practice questions for self-assessment only — not FAA test questions and not a certification.
Study preparation only. Not FAA-approved ground training, no endorsement, logbook or flight-time credit, and no guaranteed test result. Always follow your instructor and the approved AFM/POH for your aircraft.