PRIVATE PILOT ROTORCRAFT PRACTICAL TEST STANDARDS ASA-8081-15A

Private Pilot Rotorcraft Practical Test Standards. The FAA has released new Practical Test Standards (PTS) for the Private Pilot Rotorcraft certificate, applicable to both Helicopters and Gyroplanes. Last updated in 1997, the new standards are effective July 1, 2005. The Practical Test Standards guide students, instructors, and FAA-designated examiners through checkrides. In the Private Pilot Rotorcraft Practical Test Standards ASA-8081-15A every PTS details the skill and knowledge that must be demonstrated before an examiner can issue a certificate or rating to an applicant.