The USHPA staff <communications> writes:

Great news! We found out this week that the FAA finally approved
our revision to our 2018 tandem exemption. As of July 17, Tandem 1 pilots may
once again fly with H1/P1-rated pilots and above as Tandem
Instructors-In-Training. USHPA SOP 12-12 has been updated to reflect this
change. Please be advised that all other requirements in our tandem exemption
remain the same. Important points to remember include:

All tandem flights must be for training purposes only; no recreational tandems
are permitted by the FAA.

Both occupants of tandem flights must be current USHPA members. For Tandem
Instructors, this means that all non-pilots that you fly with (including friends
and family) must sign a 30-day form/waiver before each flight, unless the flight
occurs within 30 days of their signing a prior 30-day form. (We recently added
an Instructor FAQ to explain this requirement and other commonly asked questions
related to instructing; please feel free to take a look.)

The FAA requires that training provide sufficient understanding of information
included in the FAA Pilots Handbook and the Powered Parachute Handbook. A
summary of relevant information from these two manuals can be found on the USHPA
website. We encourage you to link to this page on your school website and/or to
email it to students to ensure that they have access to the information.

We understand that the months since we received the 2018 version of the tandem
exemption have been challenging, particularly for T1 pilots, and we apologize
that this issue took so long to resolve. Unfortunately, we have no further
information on why the change occurred. We're excited to move forward with T1's
once again being able to conduct training flights with other rated pilots. Thank
you for your patience, and please let us know if you have any questions!