FAA Draft of new "Enhanced" Certification Standards
I just received my copy of the new draft of the Airman Certification Standards (ACS ). After spending the day mulling it over let me give you some observations. New Format First of all its long, over 75 pages of charts containing a new numbering system. This is because the new standard is now a combination of the three old standards for Generals, Airframe, and Powerplant. Probably to allow the FAA to revise a single document in the future instead of three. Also included in each section is a new type of questions already included in the pilot standards., These new questions have a special emphasis on the mitigation of risks AKA Risk management and SMS. The current standard for the oral and practical the applicant would be asked a question to evaluate knowledge then perform a physical task. When the risk management test standard is in place, an applicant will be required to identify risks associatedwith the task and then describe to the DME how to assess and mitigate these...