buttman 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.

The rules were rewritten in 95 (effective 97) and all they did
is split 200HP from the rest of complex. The last round of
Part 61 changes (mostly instrument currency and training) proposed
don't seem to have any attempt to change this.