"Sport pilot certificate training is allowed, which is a big win for the low-mass/high-drag community. The drawback is this training must be conducted in a previously exempted E-LSA, owned and operated by the LODA applicant."
Well that's good new for a significant (if not massive) number of owner/instructors.
But it's not what really needed. For example, if I've trained myself all the way to be a cerfified LSA instructor BUT I built my ELSA from a kit and certified it after 2008 (let alone if I start the project today) and as such it was never "previously exempted" then even though it might be exactly the same as YOUR older E-LSA (but perhaps in better because it's a newer better design and has far less hours on it) I can never train any students in it.
In reality, it seems to me, there's probably only a handful of individuals and aircraft that will fit through this exception. Significant to them, but not to the whole LSA training picture.
So it's fair enough and I'm glad it's hopefully (if the FAA doesn't drag its feet in issuing individual LODAs)going to help out a few guys and gals who were and are training students in E-LSAs (and in turn their students) who got caught between the FAA rules but it ain't going to significantly open the presently very narrow gates to lower cost and much more sport pilot training.
Alex
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