New FAR/AIM and FAR/FC

[av8er23]

What month are the new FAR/AIM's put out every month?

Also I really like this publisher and I can only find it for the FAR/AIM. I need a FAR/AIM and a FAR/FC including 121 regs.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0071445374/102-1936862-9928951?v=glance&n=283155&n=507846&s=books&v=glance

Does this one include 121 regs?
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1560275626/102-1936862-9928951?v=glance&n=283155&n=507846&s=books&v=glance

 

[groundpointsix]

October, I think. At any rate, the 2006 is out now.

 

[midlifeflyer]

Depends on the commercial publisher. The books you buy may not be current when you buy them. The FAR is updated, well, whenever the FAA creates or modifies a regulation. That can be any time.

The AIM gets changed periodically also. I'm not sure of the schedule, but over the past few years it's tended to be 2X a year in August and February. So, that "2006" AIM you buy probably has the August update and is obsolete in certain sections by the end of February.

 

[minitour]

Anyone do the Jepp FAR/AIM with the revisions? Trying to decide whether or not I want to update my Airway Manual, Airport Directory, Flitestar and FAR/AIM....not sure.

-mini

 

[midlifeflyer]

mini, I think that all of the publishers provide a mid-year update. Most do it for free.

 

[Andy Neill]

If you want the official versions, they can be purchased from the Government Printing Office website at:

http://bookstore.gpo.gov/sb/sb-018.html

There, you can order a subscription to the AIM for $155 and hard copies of the Regs (Parts 1-139) in three hole punch format for about $125 or in microfische format for $8.

JUST when I threw out my microfische machine! Drat!

 

[av8er23]

If you want the official versions, they can be purchased from the Government Printing Office website at:

http://bookstore.gpo.gov/sb/sb-018.html

There, you can order a subscription to the AIM for $155 and hard copies of the Regs (Parts 1-139) in three hole punch format for about $125 or in microfische format for $8.

JUST when I threw out my microfische machine! Drat!

That is crazy. 155 for the AIM??? I do not understand.

 

[Andy Neill]

As the guys at the shop where I get my car fixed say, "We do three kinds of work here.....Fast, Good, and Cheap.....but only two at a time."

If it is important to you to have the latest changes as they come out, go for the three-ring binder and lay out the $500+. (I had the official government issued three ring binder when I took my CFI checkride - and showed the DE WHY he needed to put on his shoulder harness since he was not aware of the new requirement - but that was available to me at my work) If you'll settle for getting your changes once a year, you can get it much more cheaply.

 

[midlifeflyer]

That is crazy. 155 for the AIM??? I do not understand.

A guaranty of currency. Updates as they occur. That can be important and worth it if your are, say the compliance officer for a Part 135 or 121 operation.

Of course, you can always read the current AIM online.