Though the PAA in early November published a final rule requiring U.S. airline pilots to experience and recover from full stalls in the simulator, key details needed to put the training into practice within five years are as yet unfinished and the topic of continuing debate. Simulator manufacturers and air-framers are eagerly awaiting a better definition of the required simulator and training upgrades, expected in early 2014 when the FAA releases an advisory circular and the first draft of proposed changes to its Part 60 flight training device rules. Part 60 defines the nuts and bolts of how simulator manufacturers will have to enhance their products to implement the training rule.
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