The FAA recognizes that pilots of conventional aircraft can have dangerous difficulty transitioning to Light Sport Aircraft (LSA). Light aircraft react differently from heavier, more powerful GA aircraft, and have different vulnerabilities based on their low wing loading and other factors. But the agency is in a logjam on how to approve training in such aircraft. The EAA has expressed concern with the Catch 22, pointing out the FAA’s big push to increase transition training, but not providing the regulatory means to do so.
LSA Training in Regulatory Limbo
