Deadline Extended for Simulator Rules
The extended deadline on new simulator qualification standards hopefully will generate more comments from industry.

The comment deadline has been extended 90 days, from October 8 to January 6, on anotice of proposed rulemaking(NPRM) published in July that seeks to amend qualification standards for some flight simulation training devices (FSTDs), specifically those capable of reproducing extended flight envelope and adverse weather training.

The FAA says revised technical evaluation criteria are necessary to fully implement the requirements recently adopted in thecrewmember and aircraft dispatcher training final rulepublished on Nov. 12, 2013. According to the agency, the proposal also addresses several recommendations from the NTSB and the FAA’s aviation rulemaking committee.