Mark Jones wrote: >The FAA is underscoring regulatory requirements for pilots who fly passengers >in homebuilt aircraft. A new notice would restrict them to flying passengers >only in planes in which they are qualified and experienced. Currency and >proficiency rules apply to those who take people for rides in their >experimental aircraft and EAA says current pilots have until Aug. 31, 2005, to >prove they have the necessary category and class ratings for the aircraft they >fly. Those who always fly solo will not need to fly through the bureaucratic >hoops. Under the new notice, which was issued April 21, affected pilots will >have fill out a form and make sure their recreational or higher certificate is >in order. Flying passengers requires that the pilot have at least five hours >as PIC in the category, class, make and model of the experimental aircraft in >question between Sept. 1, 2004, and Aug. 31, 2005. An authorized flight >instructor must make a logbook entry attesting to the pilot's proficiency with >the aircraft and then the pilot must show the log to a designated pilot >examiner or FAA Operations Inspector. A new pilot certificate will then be >issued restricting the pilot to flying that particular experimental aircraft >(or any others for which he or she has done the paperwork). > > > I don't think it is as bad as it originally sounded. I think it is basically what we have now. If your license is PP-SEL then you are good to go for certified and experimental SEL. THis is from the EAA's web site:
6. The new pilot certificate will be issued with the following restriction placed on it: ?Authorized Experimental Aircraft: (category) and (class), (make) and (model).? Examples: a. Pilots who hold a private pilot SEL airplane category and class rating certificate, and fly a SEL experimental aircraft, no action is required. b. Pilots who hold a private pilot SEL airplane category and class rating certificate, and fly a multi-engine experimental aircraft (MEL), will need to comply with the new requirements. c. Pilots who hold a private pilot SEL airplane category and class rating certificate, and who fly an experimental single-engine sea plane, will need to comply with the new requirements. d. Pilots who hold a private pilot Glider category and class rating certificate, and who fly an experimental single-engine helicopter, will need to comply with the new requirements. Steve Eberhart
