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Implementing The ACS

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Key Takeaways:

  • The author identifies a discrepancy in private pilot knowledge test reports, which, since January 2020, display missed questions coded not only for "Knowledge" elements (K) as expected, but also for "Risk Management" (R) and "Skills" (S) elements.
  • This suggests that existing knowledge test questions may have been improperly remapped to the new Airman Certification Standards (ACS) codes, rather than the questions being updated to solely reflect the "Knowledge" section of the ACS.
  • The FAA, initially unaware of this specific mismatch in test report coding, has committed to investigating the issue after being presented with evidence of the discrepancies.
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Following up on Robert Wright’s excellent article in September’s issue (“Are The ACS Working?”), yes, I agree that they are working except for one thing, something that I found out about by accident. But first, some background.

During the summer, the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) offers National Flight Academies for CAP Cadets where they go from zero flight hours to hopefully solo in 10 days. This year, the NFAs were cancelled and the cadets were offered virtual ground schools that culminated in taking the private pilot airplane knowledge written exam.

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