Originally Posted by
Derfred
Dick,
You’d be surprised.
When part 61 came into force a couple of years’ ago the airlines (and the FOI’s who inspected them) were astonished to learn that the whole of part 61 was written for GA. It included zero understanding of the way airlines run check and training. This has caused quite a lot of disruption to airline check and training, and is currently not scheduled to be resolved until mid 2019.
Derfred, it might of been written with GA in mind but they didn't get it right, even for GA. It is a total dogs-breakfast.
I heard an interesting comment the other day, albeit third hand. A FAA inspector was talking to an Australian airport inspector and said that he wished the FAA would adopt the NZ legislation. It was everything they had been trying to do but were stymied due to political pressure. Incidentally, the NZ legislation has been adopted by most of our Pacific brethren and we gave foreign aid to PNG so that they could adopt the NZ legislation as well.