# Presentation: 815088

## National Simulator Program

**Ed Cook, Manager**
**      ****Charlie Spillner, Field Section Supervisor**
**             ****Ron Padgett, Lead Engineer**

**National Simulator Program**

- FAA-NSP

## Topics for Discussion

- Part 60 Update
- Bilateral Agreements
- Electronic Qualification Test Guides

- FAA-NSP

## Part 60 Update

**July 2003 - **_[FAA Order 1110.36 ](file:///../Documents%20and%20Settings/Cha/Desktop/New%20NSP%20Website/nsp/ORDER.doc)__[Flight Simulation Device Rule Making Committee](file:///../Documents%20and%20Settings/Cha/Desktop/New%20NSP%20Website/nsp/ORDER.doc)_
**August 2003 - **_[Aviation Regulatory Committee Charter](file:///../Documents%20and%20Settings/Cha/Desktop/New%20NSP%20Website/nsp/Tasking_Letter.doc)_**August 2003 - **ARC agrees on Regulatory Language Changes
**October 2003 -** ARC agrees on the Qualification Performance Standards Language
**November 2004 -** Recommendations Submitted to AVR-1
**Present  to April 2005 –** Internal Government Review
**May 2005 -**  Final Rule Published in the Federal Register
**May 2005 – **NPRM for Change 1
**May 2006 –** Rule Becomes Effective
**May 2006 – **Change 1 Also Becomes Effective

- FAA-NSP

## Bilateral Agreements

**Simulator Implementation Procedures signed with UK, Canada, and Switzerland**
**Update in process with the UK and Switzerland**
**Acceptance of initial and recurrent evaluations**
**Expect signatures late summer 2004**

- FAA-NSP

## eQTG

**Ron Padgett**

- FAA-NSP

## Current Status

- The NSP has reviewed several eQTG’s for Initial Qualifications.
- Useable?
- Time consuming
- Portability- definitely a key!
- Format/Layout takes sometime to get used to
- Lack of certain amenities
- Internal comparison facilities limited(Acrobat??)

- FAA-NSP

## Current Status (contd.)

- Have very limited experience with eQTG’s for Re-current Evaluations
- Useable
- Presentation facilities limited
- Revision logs/History
- Format/Layout takes time to get used to
- Comparison facilities limited(Acrobat??)

- FAA-NSP

## CommentsRecommendations

- Format/Layout
- All test texts, results and reference data must be independently accessible (would help to have direct tie-in/hyperlinked with text and resource data)
- Must have ability to have both Auto and Manual test results available for review
- Suggest average 3 or 4 plots per page with practical scaling for test results

- FAA-NSP

## CommentsRecommendations (contd.)

- Formats/Layout (contd.)
- Each test should have adequate separate spaces for ‘notes/comments’ from operator and authority
- Combined color and black & white capability for plots are a must i.e.use of color with different plot lines facilitates review when printed on black & white
- Auto grading(in color) without tolerance bands is strongly recommended

- FAA-NSP

## Issues of Concern

- Flight Test data format
- Not all the same – what can be done?
- Digital Signature
- Common username/password for authority
- 	plus individual identity(inspector/engineer)
- 				or
- 	Does authority provide profiles directly
- Re-current Log
- To include revisions/history??
- Upward Compatibility
- Valid for at least 25years(average life of a sim)

- FAA-NSP

## Milestones

- From July 1, 2004 – Operators are requested to submit an acceptable eQTG and (eventually a Re-current eQTG) for all Initial Qualifications requested (for newly manufactured sims only)
- From 6 years after effective date of Part 60 – Operators must provide complete eQTG’s for all their sims to NSP

- FAA-NSP

## Next Steps

- Definitely need everybody’s comments
-  Please contact us
- Urge operators to solicit our inputs
-  Please contact us
- arnab.lahiri@faa.gov
- donald.c.malone@faa.gov

- FAA-NSP

## QUESTIONS?

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