Part-CS-FSTD(A) — Regulation Overview

20 sections · 94 audit questions · Implementing Rule, AMC and GM · v2025-09-02

CS-FSTD(A) is the certification specification for aeroplane Flight Simulation Training Devices — FFS, FTD, FNPT and BITD qualification and continuing qualification. It’s a Certification Specification rather than an Implementing Rule, so the underlying regulatory binding sits in Part-ORA’s FSTD operator obligations.

Authoring this Part involved the structural decision to treat every CS leaf as auditable at the FSTD operator level — the operator is the obligated party for continuing qualification, even where the device certification itself sits with the manufacturer. The checklist reflects that operator-as-audited-party framing throughout.

Index of regulatory leaves

Click a row's citation to jump to it. The audit-question count shows how many auditable rows the checklist generates from that leaf (zero means the leaf is informational only).

Citation Kind Title Audit questions
CSFSTDA.001 IR CS FSTD(A).001 Applicability 2
CSFSTDA.300 IR CS FSTD(A).300 Qualification basis 5
CSFSTDA.300 AMC CS FSTD(A).300 Qualification basis 3
CSFSTDA.300 AMC CS FSTD(A).300 Qualification basis 1
CSFSTDA.300 AMC CS FSTD(A).300 Qualification basis 1
CSFSTDA.300 AMC CS FSTD(A).300 Qualification basis 1
CSFSTDA.300 AMC CS FSTD(A).300 Qualification basis 1
CSFSTDA.300 AMC CS FSTD(A).300 Qualification basis 1
CSFSTDA.300 AMC CS FSTD(A).300 Qualification basis 1
CSFSTDA.300 AMC CS FSTD(A).300 Qualification basis 1
CSFSTDA.300 AMC CS FSTD(A).300 Qualification basis 1
CSFSTDA.300 AMC CS FSTD(A).300 Qualification basis 1
CSFSTDA.300 AMC CS FSTD(A).300 Qualification basis 1
CSFSTDA.300 AMC CS FSTD(A).300 Qualification basis 1
CSFSTDA.300 AMC CS FSTD(A).300 Qualification basis 1
CSFSTDA.300 GM CS FSTD(A).300 Qualification basis 1
CSFSTDA.300.APP1.1 IR 1. General (CS-FSTD(A).300 Appendix 1) 41
CSFSTDA.300.APP1.2 IR 2. Motion system (CS-FSTD(A).300 Appendix 1) 5
CSFSTDA.300.APP1.3 IR 3. Visual System (CS-FSTD(A).300 Appendix 1) 21
CSFSTDA.300.APP1.4 IR 4. Sound System (CS-FSTD(A).300 Appendix 1) 4

Take it further

The Compliance Matrix is the verification document — every paragraph in scope on one PDF. The audit checklist bundle is the per-question working document (94 questions, 5 artefact formats).