Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: Light Sport Training Not Counting

Helen,
I think this was simply an unintended consequence of an existing rule. I thought FAA was already working on correcting this. Is that not the case?
Abid

--- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, Helen Woods <Helen_Woods@...> wrote:
>
> I just got back from OSH, and from the look of my inbox, 101 e-mails
> only debating IFR LSA aircraft, I'm guessing that the big news that
> REALLY affects us as a community got burred last week with all the media
> focusing on OSH. Last week FAA legal officially declared that dual
> instruction given by a subpart K instructor (aka sport pilot instructor)
> does NOT count towards additional ratings. This means that if two
> students take identical training at the same school, using the same
> planes, examined by the same DPE, to the same sport pilot standards, but
> one learns from a "sport pilot instructor" (subpart K) and the other
> learns from a "traditional instructor" (subpart H) and both wish later
> to become private pilots, the former will have to repeat her training
> while the latter will not. This codifies the previous opinion of AFS 610.
>
> I and several others including the alphabets pleaded in our response to
> the previous NPRM to have the wording of the sport CFI rules changed to
> correct this unfair situation. Unfortunately, when I spoke with the rep
> from FAA Legal at OSH he said there currently is no movement afoot
> amongst those working on the final rule to change this situation.
>
> We need to fight this ruling. I'm open to ideas. I currently think our
> best bet is to try and get the alphabets to lobby the FAA to make sure
> this gets changed when the final change to the sport pilot rules is
> released in December, but we have a very limited window in which to do
> so. If you are as upset about this situation as I, please join me this
> week in calling the following groups and asking for their help:
>
> AOPA 1-800-872-2672
> EAA 1-888-322-4636
> NAFI (National Association of Flight Instructors) 920-426-6801
>
> Thank you.
> Helen
>

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