Ken,
In the beginning, (more or less) getting your license in a 2-control Coupe resulted in a license limited to 2-control aircraft. Sometime (in the '50s or '60s?), the FAA dropped that and those who took their checkrides in 2-control Coupes just got a license. I think it was around '93 or '94 or so when the FAA, in its infinite wisdom, decided to impose the license restriction on those who took their checkrides in 2-control Coupes. I don't think there had ever been a change in the regulations. But somebody noticed that the regulations required the demonstration of slips and such in the checkride so they figured they'd better impose the restriction on those who didn't do so. Your license is good. But, the new pilot candidates wanting to use their 2-control Coupes for the checkride have to deal with this issue. Ed
