Fri Jan 29, 2021 5:25 pm
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The decision about the new FCL regulations for electric, non-complex, aircraft has now been taken and the new regulations will be in force on 26 February. At that date, our DTO can apply for permission to train us PPL pilots. To be approved, the training manual and governing documents (I don't know the exact terminology, but you know what I mean) must be updated and approved by the Swedish CAA. From what I can see, nothing has really changed in comparison with the proposal that I talked about in an earlier post.
I know that the first Pipstrel Velis was delivered to Switzerland. Our was the second, but that was almost six months ago so others may have been sold as well. I don't know if any other EASA country (I think that's still the only place the aircraft is authorized) has sorted out the FCL issue before. If someone knows, please post.
I'm guessing that the document update shouldn't take that long since the Swedish CAA's requirements on the training contents are linked to the manufacturers advice. Perhaps they will be ready to submit when the regulations become active on 26 February? If so, I'm starting to feel confident that I can do my difference training sometime in the spring.
If anyone is interested enough to copy/paste into Google translate, the FCL regulation can be found in the following link. I think Morten is the only one on here, with the possible exception of kanga, who can read it without help.
https://transportstyrelsen.se/TSFS/TSFS%202021_5.pdf
I know that the first Pipstrel Velis was delivered to Switzerland. Our was the second, but that was almost six months ago so others may have been sold as well. I don't know if any other EASA country (I think that's still the only place the aircraft is authorized) has sorted out the FCL issue before. If someone knows, please post.
I'm guessing that the document update shouldn't take that long since the Swedish CAA's requirements on the training contents are linked to the manufacturers advice. Perhaps they will be ready to submit when the regulations become active on 26 February? If so, I'm starting to feel confident that I can do my difference training sometime in the spring.
If anyone is interested enough to copy/paste into Google translate, the FCL regulation can be found in the following link. I think Morten is the only one on here, with the possible exception of kanga, who can read it without help.
https://transportstyrelsen.se/TSFS/TSFS%202021_5.pdf
Autocorrect is so frustrating. It's always making me say things I didn't Nintendo.