What was proposed is now Final! Many things included, but what may interest many CAP pilots is that the old requirement for 10 hours of complex time to get a Commercial or CFI, can be replaced with 10 hours in a TAA (Technically Advanced Airplane) instead. Which means a CAP Mission Pilot who wants to get his IFR, Commercial, and CFI can do it all using a CAP C-172 or 182 with G1000. No more big expense of finding a complex plane. :)
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Regulatory Relief: Aviation Training Devices; Pilot Certification, Training, and Pilot Schools; and Other Provisions
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Final rule.
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-06-27/pdf/2018-12800.pdf (https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-06-27/pdf/2018-12800.pdf)
I'd been waiting/hoping for them to finalize it and allow the test to be taken in a TAA. I do believe I'll start working towards my Commercial ASEL again now that there's a G1000 Cessna within a reasonable drive. Would like to become a CFI eventually, but one step at a time...