AirRabbit,
My apologies if I have offended you or your reputation in any form or manor. I was trying to make a small joke (and failed) that you had been in contact with the NSP on the release of the change. I knew it was coming sometime this summer, just not a set date. Again, my apologies.
Downloaded Part II of the change, not sure where Part I went to…
A little more than a small change (293 pages worth) to Part 60, now I understand the NPRM. I still think at some point it was discussed that a FSTD Directive would not have to go through the NPRM. Typically it takes 5+ years (as stated at this year’s AEA convention) from the start of the change to see the change to any FAR. I did notice in a March 2011 NSP briefing that a FSTD Directive is “Similar in nature to an Airworthiness Directive.” ADs have to go through the NPRM, unless they are emergency AD’s. We shall see…