Who can provide training in a sim?

MidlifeFlyer said:
You mean the number of times he had to be corrected by the FAA Chiref counsel's office had nothing to do with it?
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If he was “corrected” by the Chiref [sic] Counsel’s office it must have been interesting since he coordinated with them before publishing the answers. Maybe you mean they were passing him bad information intentionally in order to feather their own nest. Don’t misunderstand. All lawyers are not self-serving characters. It’s just that the 90% who are give the rest a bad name.
 
TheRestoftheStory said:
If he was “corrected” by the Chiref [sic] Counsel’s office it must have been interesting since he coordinated with them before publishing the answers.
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Perhaps you can point to the part of the FAQ that says so? I see where it says

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The FAA's Office of Chief Counsel does not review this website nor does it disseminate legal interpretations through it. However, there are some answers provided in this website where the FAA Office of Chief Counsel's legal interpretations have been reprinted.
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He didn't. That was one of the problems. The FAQ tended to represent Lynch's personal view of what the regs should say. Many times he was right and, overall, the FAQ was very helpful and a good thing because it did represent Flight Standards policy and a "wrong" answer uniformly applied is generally far superior to FSDOs going every which way, which seemed to be what was happening.

Those "some answers provided in this website where the FAA Office of Chief Counsel's legal interpretations have been reprinted." You can find them. For example, if you have a copy of the FAQ, search for the part that begins... "Thank you for your letter dated April 20, 1999, to the Office of the Chief Counsel..." That's not Lynch's original answer. His answer to the question was exactly the opposite and someone wrote into the Chef Counsel's office to report the problem.

There are indeed a few questions where the answer was coordinated. But for the most part, the FAQ represented Lynch's view of Flight Standards policy and was not worked out hand-in-hand with Legal.

Of course, it's just easier to blame the lawyers, isn't it? Uses far fewer brain cells than study and analysis.
 
TheRestoftheStory said:
If he was “corrected” by the Chiref [sic] Counsel’s office it must have been interesting since he coordinated with them before publishing the answers. Maybe you mean they were passing him bad information intentionally in order to feather their own nest. Don’t misunderstand. All lawyers are not self-serving characters. It’s just that the 90% who are give the rest a bad name.
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Dude did you really just drop a "[sic]" into a pretty obvious typo? I think you are going to have a field day with some of my posts.
 
MidlifeFlyer said:
Of course, it's just easier to blame the lawyers, isn't it? Uses far fewer brain cells than study and analysis.
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Feel free to follow whomever you desire. The lawyers like the one who published the classic June 6, 2006 flight into known icing conditions for instance. However, you won't be doing much flying in the winter.

A prerequisite for trusting lawyers is a very limited number of brain cells.
 
Here's what Elite says about ground instructors providing training.

an AGI can proctor simulator or approved training device time for any rating(s) under FAR 61 EXCEPT instrument training.

A BGI can proctor ONLY 2.5 toward the private.

An IGI can proctor simulator or approved training device time relating to instrument training, currency, or recency ONLY.
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provided the device is FAA Approved and an IGI or CFII is present during all phases of training.

ELITE Basic ATDs and Advanced ATDs as well as the entire iGATE series of trainers are fully FAA-Approved training devices. Letters of approval are on the ELITE website at http://www.flyelite.com/support/documents/faa.pdf. This approval document remains in effect unless revoked or otherwise cancelled by the FAA.

Regarding instrument currency refer to FAR61.57© 1.

Regarding Instrument Proficiency Checks, (IPC) refer to FAR61.57(d) 1 (ii).

Regarding Private Pilot Training credit hours (2.5 hours) in a training device refer to FAR61.109 (k)1.

Regarding Instrument Pilot Training - practical test in a flight training device refer to FAR61.65 (a) 8 (ii).

Regarding Instrument Pilot Training credit hours (30) if under FAR142 training refer to FAR61.65 (e)1

Regarding Instrument Pilot Training credit hours (20) if NOT under FAR142 training refer to FAR61.65 (e)2.

Regarding Commercial Pilot Training credit hours (50 hours) in a training device refer to FAR61.129 (I)(1i).

Regarding ATP Pilot Training credit hours (instrument flight requirements) (25 hours) in a training device refer to FAR61.159 (a)(i)
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https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/agc/pol_adjudication/agc200/interpretations/data/interps/2010/gatlin - (2010) legal interpretation.pdf

- Key Summary point: 14 CFR Part 61.215... "As this section is an exhaustive listing of the privileges granted to persons holding ground instructor certificates, the omission of any grant of authority allowing ground instructors to supervise flight training time in a flight simulator or flight training device is evidence that ground instructors are not authorized instructors for purposes of conducting flight training in flight simulators or flight training devices."
 
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CBurkFly said:
https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/agc/pol_adjudication/agc200/interpretations/data/interps/2010/gatlin - (2010) legal interpretation.pdf

- Key Summary point: 14 CFR Part 61.215... "As this section is an exhaustive listing of the privileges granted to persons holding ground instructor certificates, the omission of any grant of authority allowing ground instructors to supervise flight training time in a flight simulator or flight training device is evidence that ground instructors are not authorized instructors for purposes of conducting flight training in flight simulators or flight training devices."
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I knew I read it and was getting ready to do a search for it.
 
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