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FAA Filing Opens Up Operations for Logging Time

Some troublesome restrictions may be on the way out.

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Key Takeaways:

  • The FAA has issued a final rule expanding opportunities for pilots to credit various types of flight time towards civil regulatory requirements.
  • This rule notably permits flight training, testing, and checking in experimental, limited, primary, and experimental light sport aircraft without a letter of deviation authority.
  • Additionally, pilots conducting public aircraft operations can now log that time toward civil requirements, with further revisions affecting logging recent flight experience and flight instructor privileges.
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The FAA on Wednesday announced a public filing in the Federal Register of a 118-page final rule that states it will open up several areas of operations enabling pilots to credit flight time toward civil regulatory requirements.

Notably, under the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, the final rule amends the operating regulations for “experimental aircraft to permit certain flight training, testing, and checking in these aircraft without a letter of deviation authority.”

Mark Phelps

Mark Phelps is a senior editor at AVweb. He is an instrument rated private pilot and former owner of a Grumman American AA1B and a V-tail Bonanza.

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