2024-22009

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: • the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document • the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to • the agency docket number / agency internal file number • the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration • 14 CFR Parts 1, 11, 61, and 91 • [Docket No. FAA-2023-1351; Amdt. Nos. 1-77, 11-68, 61-156, 91-378] • RIN 2120-AL61 ( printed page 80310) AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of Transportation (DOT). ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: As directed by the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018, the FAA will allow pilots conducting public aircraft operations to credit their flight time towards FAA civil regulatory requirements. Additionally, consistent with the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, this final rule will amend the operating rules for experimental aircraft to permit certain flight training, testing, and checking in these aircraft without a letter of deviation authority. As directed in the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024, the same relief will be extended to certain flight training, testing, and checking in limited category, primary category, and experimental light sport aircraft. This final rule also revises miscellaneous amendments related to recent flight experience, flight instructor privileges, flight training in certain aircraft holding special airworthiness certificates, and the related prohibitions on conducting these activities for compensation or hire. These changes will clarify existing regulatory requirements, align the regulations with current industry practice, and ensure compliance with the FAA Reauthorization Acts of 2018 and 2024 and the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023. DATES: Effective December 2, 2024. ADDRESSES: For information on where to obtain copies of rulemaking documents and other information related to this final rule, see “How to Obtain Additional Information” in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin Cappel, General Aviation and Commercial Division, Flight Standards Service, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591; telephone (202) 267-1100; email erin.cappel@faa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: List of Abbreviations and Acronyms Frequently Used In This Document ATC: Air Traffic Control ELSA: Experimental Light-Sport Aircraft ICAO: International Civil Aviation Organization IFR: Instrument Flight Rules LODA: Letter of Deviation Authority NAS: National Airspace System NPRM: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking NTSB: National Transportation Safety Board PAO: public aircraft operation(s) PIC: Pilot-in-command SIC: Second-in-command SLSA: Special Light-Sport Aircraft VFR: Visual Flight Rules Table of Contents I. Executive Summary A. Purpose of the Regulatory Action B. Changes Made in This Final Rule C. Summary of the Cost and Benefits II. Authority for the Rulemaking III. Backgrou…

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