Originally Posted by
USMCFLYR
I've never heard of the Harrier guys having any trouble with meeting the requirements. This LOI even states:
I can see where this would (and can) affects the Osprey, but it would seem to exclude the Harrier.
I guess things change though and this Harrier pilot had enough of a question to ask for an interpretation from legal, though I would press this a little further if I was a Harrier guy.
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This wouldn't be the first time the FAA has had to back-pedal from an LOI. I laughed and had to read it 3 times when I first found it.
Also, I can see that HQ had one idea, but didn't tell the field (FSDOs). Inspectors/DPEs have been writing ATP tickets for these folks for decades without any idea that something wasn't right.