Charley,
That first link is to a piece of text which used to be in the JARs, but is not any longer. As far as I can see, it is not referenced by any legal document, therefore no longer has any weight in law. (This is quite aside from the fact that it is not clear what it means regarding multi-engines - I interpret it to mean that once you have had training on a multi-engine aircraft you are covered for any multi-engine aircraft without further training.)
The mystery deepens now that I have checked the ANO. The ANO now says, in Article 29:
The holder of a pilot's licence to which this article applies shall not be entitled to exercise the privileges of an aircraft rating contained in the licence on a flight unless -
(b) the holder has undertaken differences training in accordance with paragraph 1.235 of Section 1 of JAR-FCL 1 in the case of an aeroplane and paragraph 2.235 of Section 1 of JAR-FCL 2 in the case of a helicopter and has had particulars thereof entered in his personal flying log book in accordance with the relevant paragraph.
So what this seems to say is that, for
any aircraft type, you must carry out
differences training (which must include training on an aircraft or simulator, and a sign-off by an instructor) - which is the complete oposite to my earlier interpretation.
Or does it? My colleague interprets it differently; he says that the ANO says you must have differences training in accordance with the JARs, but the JARs, although they define differences training, don't mandate it, therefore it is not mandatory.
Whichever way you look at it, the list of differences which Charley refers to no longer appears in JAR FCL 1.
FFF
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