2010 FAR/AIM Review: Changes for the coming year

The 2010 additions of the FAR/AIM book have started arriving to those who'd pre-ordered.  Yours truly was perhaps more excited than he should have been.  For one thing, I enjoy new books -- even if they're mostly the same thing I've already read many times.  In what has become a yearly ritual, I sat down and flipped through the book to find major changes.  Here's what I got:

61.3  The age limit on international carrier pilots has been moved... in a way, at least.  The rule used to state that once a pilot reaches their 60th birthday, they can no longer serve as a pilot in international operations.  The changes now state that someone over 60 but not yet 65 can serve as a pilot as long as there's another pilot on the deck who is not yet 60.

61.23  Most people know about the changes in Medical certificates.  There's a table of the changes here.

105.43 The time line for the use of single harness, dual parachute systems has been extended by %50.  In the past, the parachute has to have been packed by a certified rigger, the person making the next jump, or someone under the rigger's supervision within the last 120 days.  That figure has been changed to 'within the last 180 days'.

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5-1-3 NOTAM System Changes
They've done away with the NOTAM-L category.  More than that, they've restructured the system to include four categories instead of the old three D, L, and FDC NOTAMs.  The four new categories are NOTAM D, NOTAM FDC, Pointer NOTAMs, and Military NOTAMS.  FDC and D NOTAMs remain the same except for D NOTAMs will now, presumably include local notices.  The pointer category is meant to point out relevant NOTAMs by cross-referencing key words.  Military NOTAMs will, of course, consist of military notices.

7-1-31 TAF Format Changes
There's no big change here.  It states that the new TAF format has two different time formats; one's a six digit number with the first two being the date, second two the hour, last two the minute.  It also notes that some TAF's have a 30 hour forecast period while others have a 24 hour period.