Regulations and Government
FAA updates flight training regs
The FAA issued a final rule revising the training, qualification, certification and operating requirements for pilots, flight instructors, ground instructo

The FAA issued a final rule revising the training, qualification, certification and operating requirements for pilots, flight instructors, ground instructors and pilot schools to clarify, update and correct existing regulations. The changes were made to incorporate international flight standards and respond to recent technological advances.

The agency received considerable public response to the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) it issued in February 2007. One of the changes to instrument currency requirements would have required pilots to perform precision and nonprecision approaches; fly a missed approach; hold at a “radio station,” intersection or waypoint; and conduct a one-hour cross-country flight, in addition to the current requirements.