New US PPL testing standards/syllabus.

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According to Flying Mag:

 

The FAA started working on the ACS (Airman Certification Standards) together with a group of industry experts to modernize the testing standards to include equipment, such as GPS, used in modern cockpits while eliminating some testing requirements that pertain to equipment from the past, such as NDB. The new testing standards also put a greater emphasis on scenarios and evaluation of a pilot candidate’s ability to make decisions and manage risks in the cockpit rather than to memorize a list of items in order to pass the test.

 

https://www.faa.gov/training_testing/testing/acs/media/private_airplane_acs.pdf