Advisory Circulars

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FrankieFlyCRQ

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Trying to understand what exactly advisory circulars are for. All I know is it involves some kind of aviation information and can be used for a checklist of some sort for the FARs ?
If anyone can explain in better detail what and how this works, that would be great.
 
Advisory Circulars explain regulations in easy-to-understand words.

They spell out how to comply with a regulation. They give an example of how to. They don't say you have to do it this way, but here is a way to do it and we will accept this method of compliance. That's why they are called "Advisory"; it is a way that is 'advised' on how to accomplish a regulation.

It is how to do something in plain language which is not legally binding.
 
Yep, they just spell out some regs and even other pertinent information that needs to be dissected. Even some of the FAA books you use are "Advisory Circulars"; 00-6A for one.

If you just go to FAA.gov and start looking at all the ACs out there its pretty amazing and worth the time.
 
Not exactly helpful, but here's what the AIM says about them:

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Advisory Circulars - The FAA issues Advisory Circulars (ACs) to inform the aviation public in a systematic way of nonregulatory material. Unless incorporated into a regulation by reference, the contents of an advisory circular are not binding on the public. Advisory Circulars are issued in a numbered subject system corresponding to the subject areas of the Code of Federal Regulations.
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That's kind of a regulese way of saying that they are publications put out by the FAA that discuss aviation topics but without going thorugh the formality of the proposal-comment-publication process that regulations go through. The comment about not being binding on the public is a bit of an overstatement: it's technically correct but, like the AIM itself, may end up being used to set a standard of "reasonable" conduct.
 
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