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(PDF) Use of a Complex Airplane During a Commercial Pilot or Flight Instructor Practical Test
The FAA issued Notice 8900.463, Use of a Complex Airplane During a Commercial Pilot or Flight Instructor Practical Test, effective Apr. 24, 2018. This notice outlines an FAA policy no longer requiring an applicant for a commercial pilot certificate (ASE) or flight instructor certificate (ASE) to provide a complex airplane for the practical test. The commercial Airman Certification Standards and instructor Practical Test Standards will be amended to reflect this policy. (www.faa.gov) More...
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IMO, it's a good amendment to the PTS for those certificates while leaving the complex sign-off requirement from a CFI before acting as PIC in a complex aircraft. It also provides aircraft rental cost savings for those pilots training for the commercial and CFI certificates. Good job FAA.
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FAA Eliminates Complex Aircraft Requirement for Some Checkrides
The FAA has addressed a long-simmering aircraft availability issue that focuses on pilots trying to earn some pilot certificates. Until yesterday, the agency required commercial pilot applicants, as well as applicants for single-engine flight instructor ratings, to fly at least a portion of the checkride in a complex aircraft, that is, one with retractable landing gear, flaps and a constant speed propeller.
https://www.flyingmag.com/faa-eliminates-complex-aircraft-requirement-for-some-checkrides
FAA Eliminates Complex Aircraft Requirement for Some Checkrides
The FAA has addressed a long-simmering aircraft availability issue that focuses on pilots trying to earn some pilot certificates. Until yesterday, the agency required commercial pilot applicants, as well as applicants for single-engine flight instructor ratings, to fly at least a portion of the checkride in a complex aircraft, that is, one with retractable landing gear, flaps and a constant speed propeller.
https://www.flyingmag.com/faa-eliminates-complex-aircraft-requirement-for-some-checkrides
