Well, that's good & sensible news from the FAA. And so it should be. Mind you, my original licencing is from Oz where all qualifications held (ratings, endorsements etc) are 'dragged upwards' with each higher licence issue.
Even though I now hold FAA ATPs for SEL/SES/MEL, multi instructor & advanced ground instructor, and a copilot type rating, I still find the FAA's compartmentalised system a bit odd. Fancy a system where you can have, for example, PPL privileges on a single engine land plane, CPL privileges for single engine sea, and ATP privileges on multi engine sea - and not have CPL & ATP privileges for SEL or MEL.
Last edited by Tinstaafl; 13th June 2012 at 16:38.