Presented to: By: Date: Federal Aviation Administration North Florida Flight Standards District Office Practical Test Standards Review North Florida FSDO Pilot Examiners Larry Enlow January 31, 2007
Federal Aviation Administration 2 New Practical Test Standards January 31, 2007 NEW PRACTICAL TEST STANDARDS
Federal Aviation Administration 3 New Practical Test Standards January 31, 2007 NEW PRACTICAL TEST STANDARDS FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR Airplane Single and MultiengineNov, 2006 Instrument Airplane & HelicopterNov, 2006 Rotorcraft-HelicopterDec, 2006 GliderOct, 2006
Federal Aviation Administration 4 New Practical Test Standards January 31, 2007 NEW PRACTICAL TEST STANDARDS AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT Airplane Aug, 2006
Federal Aviation Administration 5 New Practical Test Standards January 31, 2007 NEW PRACTICAL TEST STANDARDS COMMERCIAL PILOT Rotorcraft-HelicopterAug, 2006 GliderNov, 2006
Federal Aviation Administration 6 New Practical Test Standards January 31, 2007 NEW PRACTICAL TEST STANDARDS FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AIRPLANE SINGLE AND MULTIENGINE New Tasks Accelerated Stall (by oral examination or demonstration) Emergency Descent (w/ sim. eng. inoperative to a landing) ??? New Special Emphasis Items Wire Strike Avoidance, TFRs, and Aviation Security
Federal Aviation Administration 7 New Practical Test Standards January 31, 2007 NEW PRACTICAL TEST STANDARDS INSTRUMENT FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AIRPLANE & HELICOPTER New Elements Planning for an Instrument Proficiency Check ??? Glass cockpit information Additional weather subject areas New Special Emphasis Items Aeronautical decision making Single pilot resource management
Federal Aviation Administration 8 New Practical Test Standards January 31, 2007 NEW PRACTICAL TEST STANDARDS FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ROTORCRAFT – HELICOPTER New Tasks Airworthiness Requirements Single Pilot Resource Management Approach & Landing w / sim. eng. failure in multiengine helicopter
Federal Aviation Administration 9 New Practical Test Standards January 31, 2007 NEW PRACTICAL TEST STANDARDS FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR GLIDER New Elements Airspace TFRs
Federal Aviation Administration 10 New Practical Test Standards January 31, 2007 NEW PRACTICAL TEST STANDARDS AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT AIRPLANE Section 1 New Tasks Icing effects on takeoff, cruise, and landing and corrective actions Stabilized approach procedures and decision criteria for go-around Seaplane characteristics and seaplane base maritime rules Section 2 New Tasks Seaplane takeoffs, landings, and seaplane procedures
Federal Aviation Administration 11 New Practical Test Standards January 31, 2007 NEW PRACTICAL TEST STANDARDS COMMERCIAL ROTORCRAFT – HELICOPTER New Task Airworthiness Requirements Approach & Landing w / sim. eng. failure in multiengine helicopter Straight-in autorotation (or 180 autorotation at examiners option) Modified Task Straight-in and 180 Autorotation Designation Point now 100’
Federal Aviation Administration 12 New Practical Test Standards January 31, 2007 NEW PRACTICAL TEST STANDARDS COMMERCIAL GLIDER New Tasks Airworthiness Requirements Visual Signals Canopy Opening in Flight New Special Emphasis Items Aeronautical Decision Making Single Pilot Resource Management
Federal Aviation Administration 13 New Practical Test Standards January 31, 2007 PRACTICAL TEST STANDARDS REVIEW PRACTICAL TEST STANDARDS REVIEW PRIVATE, COMMERCIAL, ATP AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR “GROUND PORTION OF PRACTICAL TEST SHALL BE ACCOMPLISHED BEFORE THE FLIGHT PORTION”
Federal Aviation Administration 14 New Practical Test Standards January 31, 2007 PRACTICAL TEST STANDARDS REVIEW PRIVATE & COMMERCIAL PILOT AMEL & AMES “NO MULTIENGINE LIMITED TO VFR” UNLESS AIRCRAFT NOT TYPE CERTIFICATED AS AN INSTRUMENT AIRPLANE APPLICANT SUBSEQUENTLY OBTAINS INSTRUMENT RATING IN SINGLE ENGINE
Federal Aviation Administration 15 New Practical Test Standards January 31, 2007 PRACTICAL TEST STANDARDS REVIEW FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR & COMMERCIAL PILOT ASEL “A MULTIENGINE AIRPLANE MAY NOT BE USED TO DEMONSTRATE COMPLEX AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS DURING AN AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE PRACTICAL TEST”
Federal Aviation Administration 16 New Practical Test Standards January 31, 2007 PRACTICAL TEST STANDARDS REVIEW PRIVATE & COMMERCIAL CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT PLANNING “EXAMINER SHALL DEVELOP A SCENARIO BASED ON REAL-TIME WEATHER”
Federal Aviation Administration 17 New Practical Test Standards January 31, 2007 NORTH FLORIDA FSDO SPECIAL EMPHASIS ITEMS RUNWAY INCURSION AVOIDANCE AERONAUTICAL DECISION MAKING LANDINGS RETRACTABLE GEAR OPERATIONS “IF WE TEST, THEY WILL TRAIN”