Here are the minutes from the most recent meeting of the Arizona Flight Training Workgroup. You will need Adobe Reader to open the PDF.
Topics covered include an upcoming Letter to Airmen regarding transitions from Falcon Field to the South Practice Area, and runway incursion avoidance.
Download Oct. 12, 2011, Meeting Minutes as a PDF.
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Here are the minutes from the most recent meeting of the Arizona Flight Training Workgroup. Airspace safety over IWA, non-published practice instrument approaches and scenario-based training are among topics covered.
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In an effort to improve safety and reduce the risk of runway incursions, air traffic controllers at Phoenix Gateway airport (IWA) will be expecting more precise radio communications from pilots.
Effective immediately, all aircraft who are No. 1 for departure will be instructed to hold short of the runway. Controllers must ensure a proper read back of all hold short instructions, including the the runway assignment in the read back. In addition, all pilots must include their call sign in the read backs.
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Here are the minutes from the meeting of the Arizona Flight Training Workgroup held June 8, 2011, at the Flight Standards District Office in Scottsdale, Arizona:
June Bonesteel – DPE
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The Pilot Training Reform Symposium chaired by the Society of Aviation and Flight Educators (SAFE) the first week in May 2011 has produced the first tangible dividend.
Responding to a recommendation proposed by the Aviation Educators breakout group, Aviation Supplies & Academics (ASA) announced that it is now offering the PDF versions of its syllabi for download from ASA’s website at no charge. The PDFs include two Private Pilot syllabi and one syllabus each for Instrument, Commercial, and Helicopter.
The specific recommendation to which ASA responded “addresses a specific problem…of instructors teaching using the seat of their pants without the use of a syllabus or plan of action.” The recommendation also challenged industry to provide “standardized curriculum templates that instructors (14 CFR 61 as well as 141) can use.” According to symposium chair Bob Wright, “We are delighted that ASA and others have taken the symposium’s message to heart and are responding with prompt action.”
Information generated since the symposium is posted to the training reform website as it becomes available, and a significant portion of the proceedings will soon be available for viewing through the Aero-News Network’s Aero-TV.
ASA Syllabi: http://www.asa2fly.com/Textbook-Syllabi—PDF-C413_category.aspx
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The National Association of Flight Instructors and the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association have asked the FAA to clarify or rescind apparent changes to airman knowledge test-bank questions that the agency made without notifying industry stakeholders.
The request comes after an unusually high numbers of pilot-applicant failures in recent weeks. Some testing centers recorded quadruple the failure rate, as compared to before the changes.
“We learned last week that the FAA’s Airman Testing Standards Branch recently implemented changes to the banks of questions the agency uses to compile knowledge tests for pilot candidates,” said NAFI Executive Director Jason Blair. “These include the airline transport pilot, flight engineer, and fundamentals of instruction tests—and possibly more—and they involved significant revisions to test-bank questions.” Continue reading
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