PLT392: Compliance With Foreign Regulations
What code PLT392 covers, why the FAA tests it, and how to study Compliance With Foreign Regulations before your checkride.
Recall regulations - compliance with local regulations
What this means for your checkride
A person operating a U.S.-registered civil aircraft outside the United States must, over the high seas, comply with ICAO Annex 2, and while within a foreign country must comply with the regulations relating to the flight and maneuver of aircraft there in force. Part 91 still applies so far as it is not inconsistent with those foreign regulations or Annex 2.
It clarifies which rules govern when a U.S. aircraft operates abroad.
U.S. rules do not simply carry over unchanged; the local regulations in force in the foreign country take precedence where they conflict.
Where to study it
A code on your test report is an area of deficiency. An authorized instructor must review it with you and endorse that review before you take the practical test, and the examiner may revisit it during the oral. Study it until you can explain it out loud, not just recognize the answer.