Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Training hours required

Very well stated, Helen, I agree wholeheartly.

Skyking

--- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, Helen Woods <Helen_Woods@...> wrote:
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> Mike, your own example argues against your conclusion. "30 hour for rec
> pilot." The certificate has less training required prior to the
> checkride than the sport pilot certificate (no xcountry no instrument
> required for rec while both are required for sport in a fast LSA). Why
> would the FAA think that at it takes less time to give more training to
> a sport pilot than it does to give less training to a rec pilot? Yes,
> there was an initial grandfathering to start the movement of ultralight
> pilots to sport, but that was just to start the movement. There's a
> reason the FAA put an expiration date on it and that was that they
> wanted future ultralight pilot to go through 20 hours formal training.
> 20 hours was established as an appropriate time to training someone with
> previous unlogged flight experience to PTS standards for sport pilot,
> not necessarily someone starting from scratch.
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> Helen
>
> On 8/11/2011 9:27 PM, Michael Huckle wrote:
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> >
> >> Posted by: "Helen Woods"
> >> I believe 20 hours was established as an appropriate amount of time to
> >> transition and ultralight pilot to a more GA-like LSA, not necessarily
> >> to train a student from scratch. Remember, this whole rule was
> >> initially establish to transition fat ultralight pilots to legal flying.
> >> Helen
> >>
> > Helen, I'd have to disagree with that view.
> >
> > The 20 hours was to be the minimum hours needed to train someone to SP level,
> > just like 30 for Rec Pilot and 40 for Private Pilot.
> >
> > The 20 hours was not without precedent, many countries having 20 or 25 hour
> > Pilot certificates (eg' Microlight Pilot) as far back as the eighties. (1980s)
> >
> > The plan for experienced Ultralight Pilots was, -Grandfathering-.
> > IE; no specific extra training required so long as the UL pilot
> > can pass the Sport Pilot Practical test. And the UL pilot
> > could go straight to the DPE/SPE for his/her Practical test
> > with no recommendation from an Instructor being needed.
> >
> > I'm one of the Ultralight Pilots who used the "grandfathering" opportunities
> > to their fullest (well -almost- to their fullest),
> > so I'm quite familiar with this topic.
> > (and appreciative of the grandfathering opportunities the FAA offered)
> >
> >
> > Mike
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