proposal that was to bring sport pilot in line with the training
structure for all the rest of the ratings by having categories, classes,
and DPEs all got dumped. For us flight instructors, that rather sucks
as CFI renewal and Gold Seal status are based on ratings given and we
get 0 credit for students we bring up to the same PTS standards but who
then get a category or class privilege rather than a rating. We can
live with it though.
One good thing that has changed is that sets have been dumped. We still
have endorsements for Vh of 87kts or more, tail wheel, and proficiency
checks but individual set endorsements are gone. Looks like we'll need
an endorsement for Vh 87kts or less too as it does state that someone
who trains on the faster plane still can't fly the slower without
additional training.
It also looks like the FAA had different people working on different
sections of this proposal who weren't speaking with one another as
evidenced by the rules on log books and instrument flight. For the log
books, they state that sport pilots and instructors will need to
continue to carry their log books or evidence of their privilage
endorsements such as a xerox copy since they nixed the change to give
sport pilots category and class rartings that would be printed on their
certificates. Then in another section they state that they plan to
upgrade sport pilot certificate to print sport pilot privileges on the
back. Sounds to me that once this happens that this might serve as the
"other evidence" and functionally do away with the log book requirement
that they said they were keeping.
In another section they nix the instrument training requirement and
explain that there were good reasons for this ranging from no safety
need to subpart K instructors not having been trained on instruments
themselves. Then in another section, they put the instrument
requirement back in a precrosscountry requirement in aircraft with a Vh
of greater than 87kts or more.
They did dump the 5 hour in set requirement for sport instruction which
I'm certainly grateful for. That was ridiculous the way they have been
implementing it. When I bring a new subpart H instructor on, he is
required to have 5 hours in set if his students wakes up in the morning
thinking he wants to get a sport pilot rating but not if the student
wakes up that morning wishing to pursue a private pilot rating!
And of course the big thing is that they didn't do didly to address the
subpart K instruction credit problem. So I guess we're back to square 1
on that. For those of you who are instructors on this list who would
like to see this changed, I urge you if you are not already NAFI member
to please join. Bob Snyder, who is an extraordinary subpart K
instructor on my staff, is running for the NAFI board in April and needs
your votes. NAFI's president is already pro-subpart K and with Bob on
the board I think we should be able to get the lobbying power of NAFI
behind our efforts to get this problem fixed. NAFI also offers a number
of good benefits to instructors such as a CFI insurance, a good
magazine, and the Master Flight Instructor Program that allows you to
simultaneously become nationally accredited and renew your CFI. (The
program was recently reworked and is now very friendly towards those of
us teaching on the sport level.) Oh, your membership is tax deductible.
Ballots for Bob will be arriving in the April edition of their magazine,
Mentor. http://www.nafinet.org/
Helen
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