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FAA Issues New Student Pilot Rules
Under a new rule released today by the FAA, student pilots will no longer get their student pilot certificate from an aviation medical examiner. (www.avweb.com) Mais...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
This is Public Law 112-95 Sec 321...
REQUIREMENTS.—Improved pilot licenses issued under this
section shall—
(1) be resistant to tampering, alteration, and counterfeiting;
(2) include a photograph of the individual to whom the
license is issued for identification purposes; and
(3) be smart cards that—
(A) accommodate iris and fingerprint biometric identifiers;
and
(B) are compliant with Federal Information Processing
Standards-201 (FIPS–201) or Personal Identity
Verification-Interoperability Standards (PIV–I) for processing
through security checkpoints into airport sterile
areas.
REQUIREMENTS.—Improved pilot licenses issued under this
section shall—
(1) be resistant to tampering, alteration, and counterfeiting;
(2) include a photograph of the individual to whom the
license is issued for identification purposes; and
(3) be smart cards that—
(A) accommodate iris and fingerprint biometric identifiers;
and
(B) are compliant with Federal Information Processing
Standards-201 (FIPS–201) or Personal Identity
Verification-Interoperability Standards (PIV–I) for processing
through security checkpoints into airport sterile
areas.
That is the original law that has now been superseded by a newer law, which eliminates the photograph requirement. This is explained in detail in the NPRM.
Shouldn't the headline read "The day the FAA destroyed the future of private aviation."
Really. Who is going to wait a month or two to get your certificate back before you can go flying? I have several friends who completed their entire flight training in less time than that.
Really. Who is going to wait a month or two to get your certificate back before you can go flying? I have several friends who completed their entire flight training in less time than that.
Only required to fly solo. You can train all you want without a SP/Medical. And it's required by Congress.
I thought the FAA couldn't come up with anything dumber than their recent changes over the past couple of years. I was wrong!!!
You are right, Ruger, the FAA is going out of their way to destroy general aviation.
You are right, Ruger, the FAA is going out of their way to destroy general aviation.
A KEY POINT everyone here is missing is that the TSA is now involved in the student pilot issuance process. They will vet every student pilot before permitting the FAA to issue a student pilot certificate.
This will lead to the resurrection of classroom style ground schools, and/or a restructuring of syllabuses so that they will have solo flights at the end of the flight training process. These two options result in productive time spent while waiting on the certificate.
I'm not saying I agree with the change per se. I'm merely explaining the change.