On Feb 24, 4:40*pm, buttman wrote:
On Feb 24, 3:05*pm, es330td wrote:

Its a holdover from the olden days when flaps weren't standard
equipment, as they are now. In the next few months/years the FAA is
supposed to redo part 61, and many believe they will change the
complex requirement to something more modern.

Old days as in the 1990's.

-Robert