Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group What's the FAA going to do about thier "glitch"?

Is there an update to this?

I'm thinking of working with a sport pilot cfi, but would like to have
all the time spent on the sport pilot certificate count towards the
ppl(or at least have the option).

Rod Machado posted this a while back...

http://www.rodmachado.com/?p=64

Thanks,

Thomas

rickpitcher wrote:
>
>
> --- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:Sport_Aircraft%40yahoogroups.com>, "Gary Orpe" <garyo@...> wrote:
> >
> > I got half way through that and had to quit. That was more confusing
> than
> > the letter from the lawyer to me.
> >
>
> I don't know what was said in the letter from the lawyer to you,
> but I maybe I can help unconfuse you about the interview.
>
> Basically, they have been aware of the "glitch" for a while and had
> some discussion with the rule-writers about how to clarify things.
> They agreed that the intent was to allow the instruction to count
> towards higher ratings.
> Earl sounded a little peeved that "someone" had to push the issue and
> demand an interpretation NOW, so that's why we got the unpopular
> decision and cut off any further room for negotiation.
>
> Now they have to re-write the rule to get back to the original intent.
> BUT... now here's where you mighta got lost... there's some new
> revisions coming out soon, and we don't know yet how THEY might effect
> things. So the orgs are waiting 'til they get a chance to actually
> READ the new law before deciding what to do about it. (I hope congress
> is listening)
> In the meantime, ther'e talk about putting ALL CFI's under one subpart
> (or whatever they call it) so the problem would go away on it's own.
>
> At least that's how I understood it,
> Rick
>
>

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