When does the 2004 FAR AIM expire?

[TEXAN AVIATOR]

In 2005? I see no expiration date on the version I have, but we've got the 2005 version at the school.

 

[midlifeflyer]

The commercially published FAR is a collection of the FAA regulations. The publisher picks a date, takes the then current regulations and puts them a book. The "2004 FAR" is just the regulations as they existed on the date chosen for publication. The publishers do it annually and name the book that way for convenience. But the regulations change whenever the FAA writes a new one or changes an old one. So, in some respects your 2005 FAR could be out-of-date the day you buy it.

Same for the commercial published AIM. The FAA makes AIM changes several times a year. So the commercial volume becomes out of date in some respects during the year.

That's why there is no expiration date. Different parts become out of date at different times during the cycle.

Many publishers offer online updates to their FAR and AIM.

BTW, you can always see the current FAA Regs here:

http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?&c=ecfr&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title14/14tab_02.tpl

and the FAA keeps a current online copyof the AIM here:

http://www.faa.gov/ATpubs/AIM/index.htm

 

[nosehair]

The "FAR AIM", as you call it, is actually a commercial reproduction of a combination of two seperate govt. pubs.

The FAR reproduction part is a copy of the CFR 14 Federal Aviation Regulations that were in effect at the time of the commercial publication of the "FAR AIM" you speak of. The actual government publication of the Federal Register and the regulations therein do not have "expiration dates". If you subscribe to the FAR's, you get updates as they occur. Having the commercial copy of the "FAR AIM" does not mean that these regulations are current.

The Aeronautical Information Manual was last published on Feb. 19, 2004, with change 1 being on Aug. 5, 2004, and the next scheduled change on Feb. 17, 2005.

 

[JeffSKDTW]

You can always get the most current versions here:

FARs (last updated October 22, 2004 (4 days ago)): http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?&c=ecfr&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title14/14tab_02.tpl

AIM: http://www.faa.gov/atpubs/AIM/

 

[avbug]

The commercial "FAR/AIM is outdated by the time it makes publication. It's reference-only.

For the latest, you can go thorugh a number of commercial sources and pick your update schedule. In addition, if you want to stay current and ahead of changes, subscribe to the Federal Register.

 

[FlyingDawg]

Jepp also offers it in a printed text and you get updates everytime it changes. Its a bit expensive but you know your up to date.

 

[heavy_d]

I guess whenever the new one comes out, then it expires