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Document ID: FAA-2008-0938-0005
Document Type: Public Submission
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration
Received Date: September 02 2009, at 01:58 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Date Posted: September 2 2009, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Start Date: August 31 2009, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Due Date: November 30 2009, at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time
Tracking Number: 80a1b63e
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This is comment on Rule

Pilot in Command Proficiency Check and Other Changes to the Pilot and Pilot School Certification Rules

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This change as stated for FAA-2008-0938 is an excellent move. Yet except for horsepower I believe a person attempting to earn a commercial single or multi engine rating should have at least a sign-off for retractable landing gear as well as constant speed engine. I did not understand the need for needing the use of high performance complex aircraft for the commercial rating at the time I earned my rating. This, as stated on the internet statement I received, represents a useless need for a flight school to have and maintain such an aircraft. The time then required in such aircraft lent little to the skill of the pilot. Yet I do recommend at least a sign off by an instructor for a constant speed engine which could be gained on most multi engine training routines. Gordon