14 CFR Part 107 or Advisory Circular 107-2?

[RickMC]

Is there any difference between the two? It just seems to me the AC describes Part 107 in more detail than if you just read the actual Part 107. Is there any point in studying the actual Part 107 if the advisory circular contains all of that information and more? Looks like there is nothing in Part 107 that isn’t mentioned in the Advisory Circular.

https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Advisory_Circular/AC_107-2.pdf

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[BigAl07]

Basically (and this is Allen's interpretation so take it for what you paid for this)

AC was the announcement that CFR 107 is going to go into effect.

Whereas Title 14 → Chapter I → Subchapter F → Part 107 was actually codified into LAW in Sept 2016. I believe that the AC becomes null and void once the article is codified. FAR over rule AC (at least in this case).

 

[RickMC]

Basically (and this is Allen's interpretation so take it for what you paid for this)

AC was the announcement that CFR 107 is going to go into effect.

Whereas Title 14 → Chapter I → Subchapter F → Part 107 was actually codified into LAW in Sept 2016. I believe that the AC becomes null and void once the article is codified. FAR over rule AC (at least in this case).

Ok thanks, but looking over the document the FAA released this last June about recurrent testing it shows the AC as a reference for topics that will be on the test. But if it’s overruled then I guess there’s no point in studying it?

 

[BigAl07]

The AC is a "digested" version of the full write up. I find it much easier to "study" with better written materials than the boring legal type of the AC or the FARs. That's just my 2 cents.

 

[RickMC]

The AC is a "digested" version of the full write up. I find it much easier to "study" with better written materials than the boring legal type of the AC or the FARs. That's just my 2 cents.

Full write up? The AC is over 50 pages and the actual Part 107 on the CFR site isn’t near that number of pages. Am I reading the wrong thing?

 

[BigAl07]

Full write up? The AC is over 50 pages and the actual Part 107 on the CFR site isn’t near that number of pages. Am I reading the wrong thing?

You're looking at the ECFR not that actual CFR's. This is taken directly from the website you linked to above:


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[RickMC]

You're looking at the ECFR not that actual CFR's. This is taken directly from the website you linked to above:


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Thanks. I probably should have known the difference.