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Leaf Blower, you may not have heard however there is an amendment coming to allow CTA and above 5,000ft prior to 103 because 103 is going to be a long time away, potentially 1-2 years.
As for the "certified" bit with CTA, this is not correct and bad wording by way of the author. The article is referring to current operations only and not resultant of the 103 implementation. It is also incorrect if it says "certified" as we all know that you only require an "approved" engine, such as 4 stroke, dual ignition etc etc, but that's a whole other thread.
So yes, there is another agenda at play at the moment. There's been talk for quite some time about getting CTA pushed through before 103 but that may now include above 5,000ft.
Additionally for those that didn't realise PART 103 when approved will allow COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS in RA-Aus aircraft. Unfortunately there is no CPL as such for RA-Aus so the only pilots capable of legally performing a joy-flight will be RA-Aus instructors. For those that want some spare cash, if you want that to include CPL's, I URGE you to respond in favour to the discussion paper!
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