It was covered in the CASA briefing on Wednesday. But there are many, many unanswered questions. Like What happens to the old security check requirement, how someone transfers between schools, what happens about the old taxi & radio licences, what happens about getting a medical without an ARN. How can a student go solo at (say) Moorabbin without an ASIC? How do the get an ASIC without an ARN? If they are going to be issued with ARN's then how is this different to a student licence?
The bigger questions come in with ATO's becoming flight examiners. Multi type rating being abolished. ATPL having the IFR rating incorporated into it (What happens to tourist charter ATPL's who don't regularly fly IFR? If the IFR rating becomes not current, does the ATPL as well?)
Part 141 schools will be able to use PPL licenced instructors for some specialist training (eg aerobatics). Does this mean the hire or reward restrictions are being lifted? Or are these guys expected to instruct for free? How does that impact on the school's AOC?
All of these are questions raised on Wednesday night that the CASA reps were unable to answer.