Originally Posted by
RJSAviator76
That would be logical, but then again, we're dealing with the FAA.
I just talked to a regulations guy who works for a leading un-named Part 142 training school. He said the way the reg (61.64) is written a TJ or TP pilot must satisfy all of the conditions (1-4) to have an unrestricted type rating based on a sim type rating test. There are many semi-colons ";" between the statements and they are not "or". He also said if you read on in the reg the helicopter guys only have to satisfy one of the four conditions. They are working in trying to get the reg changed but the FAA is involved. He also said there are huge economic overtones to the new reg and the FAA never did a study on it. An operator may have to ferry a jet from MT to Chicago to meet up with an FAA examiner. This was suppose to be a move of the reg from one location to another within Part 61 and they lost the 2000 hour and 500 TJ time clause.
Hopefully they will change it back but hope is not a strategy.