[Duncannon]

https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2022/december/27/faa-loda-requirement-eliminated



For those of us who would be NBO’s (non-builder-operators) that plan to buy an RV that’s already built, is it at least somewhat easier to find flight training, even if we don’t currently own a Vans? The article states that the LODA is eliminated for pilots seeking training in their own aircraft, but not in an aircraft “broadly offered for flight training”or if the CFI owns the aircraft.

“Broadly offered for flight training” could be a rather loose term. Would joining a flight club, and therefore receiving the necessary training, qualify for exemption?

 

[BobTurner]

Basically the rules are back to as interpreted by the faa two or more years ago. If you are not the owner of the EAB aircraft, it can be used for you to receive training from a cfi (or anyone) only if:
1. There is no compensation of any kind going to the owner. No ‘free’ beers, nothing. Paying a cfi $250/hr for training but zero for his airplane is fraud. OR
2. The owner holds the circa 2008 (?) LODA which specifically authorizes the owner to accept compensation for the use of his airplane, but any such use is limited to ‘transition training to a pilot with a bona fide need’ of such training. The cfi cannot even sign off a flight review or high performance endorsement, only transition training.

The flying club question is a good one. Some FBO’s have ‘clubs’ where you get lower rates in return for monthly dues. Since the FBO has a profit motive EAB aircraft cannot be used in this way. However, other flying clubs are structured like large partnerships: Every member is a co-owner, the group has a cost sharing arrangement, the planes are available to members only-not held out to the public. EAB airplanes may generally be used in this manner.