Practical Test Standards
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MidlifeFlyer
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How can a CFI ensure that he/she is using the current PTS? It was stated to reference FAA Part 11, but I'm having trouble finding a proper answer through all this "final rule, direct final rule, notice of proposed rulemaking mumbo jumbo."
[/ QUOTE ]Sure. This might help: That "final rule, direct final rule, notice of proposed rulemaking' mumbo jumbo'"has nothing whatsoever to do with the way the PTS is written or changed.
The FAA web site others mentioned always has the most current version.
BTW, we slowly become familiar with a bunch of Parts of the FAR. As student pilots, we focus on Parts 61 and 91, for the commercial , we start looking at Pars 119, 135 and 121. Etc. But there are many other Parts that some of us never look at or even hear about. Part 11 contains the regulations that describe how the FAA goes through the rulemaking process to create and change its own regulations.
Perhaps the most (only?) interesting thing about FAR 11 is that it's written in a question-and-answer "plain English" rather than standard "regulese." (The Sport Pilot rules are also written this way) So, for example, FAR 11.21 says
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§ 11.21 What are the most common kinds of rulemaking actions for which FAA follows the Administrative Procedure Act?
FAA follows the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) procedures for these common types of rules:
(a) Rules found in the Code of Federal Regulations;
(b) Airworthiness directives issued under part 39 of this chapter; and
(c) Airspace Designations issued under various parts of this chapter.
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How can a CFI ensure that he/she is using the current PTS? It was stated to reference FAA Part 11, but I'm having trouble finding a proper answer through all this "final rule, direct final rule, notice of proposed rulemaking mumbo jumbo."
[/ QUOTE ]Sure. This might help: That "final rule, direct final rule, notice of proposed rulemaking' mumbo jumbo'"has nothing whatsoever to do with the way the PTS is written or changed.
The FAA web site others mentioned always has the most current version.
BTW, we slowly become familiar with a bunch of Parts of the FAR. As student pilots, we focus on Parts 61 and 91, for the commercial , we start looking at Pars 119, 135 and 121. Etc. But there are many other Parts that some of us never look at or even hear about. Part 11 contains the regulations that describe how the FAA goes through the rulemaking process to create and change its own regulations.
Perhaps the most (only?) interesting thing about FAR 11 is that it's written in a question-and-answer "plain English" rather than standard "regulese." (The Sport Pilot rules are also written this way) So, for example, FAR 11.21 says
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§ 11.21 What are the most common kinds of rulemaking actions for which FAA follows the Administrative Procedure Act?
FAA follows the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) procedures for these common types of rules:
(a) Rules found in the Code of Federal Regulations;
(b) Airworthiness directives issued under part 39 of this chapter; and
(c) Airspace Designations issued under various parts of this chapter.
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