Steve, it looks good. It now mirrors what full-scale pilots go thru with an instructor and then an FAA designated-examiner check ride. I have always received a temporary certificate while the FAA was processing the paperwork, which may take several weeks, as it has with the AMA.

I still think the speed and number of flights is redundant if you are on a buddy box, but I can live with that, since it does preclude some newbie who has never maneuvered a fast plane from bugging a turbine instructor, until he has logged 50 moderately fast flights.

Hope the AMA pays attention to this proposal.

Tom