On Tuesday, January 28, 2020 at 10:17:02 AM UTC-8, Charlie M. (UH & 002 owner/pilot) wrote:
My comment....the basic FAR's in the US are succinct, it's the exceptions that are a PITA..... I will assume other countries are similar....
The exceptions are what trip peeps up....
Sorta a...."thou shall ALWAYS do this/thou shall NEVER do this....UNLESS....the moon is full, you scratched your left butt but not the right,, etc., etc., etc.,........"
Sigh.....

So very true. It seems like every student is in the "not quite this and not quite that" category. I am very glad we can see the FAA Chief Counsel's legal interpretations of the FAR's. I hope that if the FAA invites me in for a chat I remember to bring along the FAA's interpretations I (hope) I followed. I'll probably forget.