Training And Certification Advisory Circulars Revised

The recently released ACs address the FAA’s pilot/instructor training and certification guidance.

Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 08:00 AM ET

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Key Takeaways:

The FAA's Flight Standards Service issued eight new or revised advisory circulars in late 2024, providing updated guidance on pilot and instructor compliance that the agency will use as a baseline for assessment.
A revised advisory circular introduces ACAS X, the next-generation Airborne Collision Avoidance System replacing TCAS, offering enhanced performance and reduced false alerts for a broader range of operators.
The 34th AOPA Air Safety Institute Richard G. McSpadden Report highlights "loss of control" as the leading causal factor and "weather-related accidents" as highly lethal in general aviation.

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Beginning in late October 2024 and extending into mid-November, the FAA’s General Aviation & Commercial Division (AFS-800), part of the agency’s Flight Standards Service, published a handful of advisory circulars (ACs) providing guidance on how the FAA wants pilots and flight instructors to comply with its various regulations.

While it’s not new that the FAA publishes ACs—they’ve been around as long as the agency itself, if not longer—it is somewhat unusual that so many, eight in total, would come out of the same office within a few days of each other.