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FAA Looks To Boost Training Device Hour Credits

The agency is seeking to raise the number of hours such devices can contribute to an instrument rating.

By Matt Thurber • Editor-in-Chief

June 17, 2015

The FAA has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to raise the number of hours in an approved aviation training device (ATD) that can be credited toward an instrument rating. The new rule replicates a direct final rule issued on December 3 last year that would have allowed credit for up to 20 hours (up from 10) of aeronautical experience in an approved ATD or 10 hours in a basic ATD under Part 61 or up to 40 percent of total flight training hour requirements in a Part 141 approved instrument-rating course.

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