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SAFE represents nearly 700 of the industry's top aviation educators in 49 states and nine foreign countries, including the majority of Master Instructors and numerous General Aviation Awards winners in all four awards categories. SAFE is also leading the Pilot Training Reform Initiative.
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| FAA Releases NPRM on Pilot Certification and Qualification Requirements for Air Carriers | | Enhanced training requirements for ATP certificate.
As a follow-on to the Airline Safety and Federal Aviation Administration Extension Act of 2010 (which included fall out from the Colgan Air accident), the FAA issued a new NPRM on Monday 27 Feb. This NPRM addresses changes for both 121 and 135 operations:
- FOs (co-pilots) must hold an ATP certificate.
- ATP certificates will now require 1,500 hours of pilot flight time.
- Captains will require 1,000 hours as a pilot in air carrier operations that require an ATP before serving as a U.S. Airline Captain.
- Enhanced training requirements for an ATP certificate, including 50 hours of ME flight experience and completion of a new FAA-approved training program.
- New, "restricted privileges" ATP certificate. Good for FOs, not for Captains. Applies to former military pilots with 750 hours of flight time and Graduates of a four-year baccalaureate aviation degree with 1,000 hours of flight time (but only if they also obtained a commercial pilot certificate and instrument rating form a pilot school affiliated with the university or college.
For more information, click here
To see SAFE's response to the ANPRM (Advanced NPRM), click here
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Less than a month until Sun-N-Fun 2012!
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Join SAFE at Sun-N-Fun March 27 - April 1, 2012
There is less than a month to go until the start of Sun 'N Fun, and for those of you who will be there it's promising to be an exciting time for SAFE.
On Friday, March 30th, from 8 - 9AM we will be holding the annual SAFE breakfast. Provided another tornado doesn't clobber us, this will be an excellent opportunity to get to meet and greet fellow SAFE members, SAFE benefit providers, as well as numerous folks from both industry and government. Plans are also shaping up to make an announcement at the breakfast about a new partnership that SAFE will be making with an organization that is on the cutting edge of a new area of aviation education. To see the list of those already signed up to attend, and to add your name to that list just click here.
Saturday, April 1st, definitely won't be April Fool's day for the winner of the LITTLE Witch raffle. Lee Lauderback on the flight line right beside The LITTLE Witch will draw the lucky winner, from all the entries. But if you haven't entered, your name won't be the one chosen. Have you entered? Have you helped SAFE raise funds by selling some tickets? You can do that here.
Needless to say, it requires help to make all these things happen, and we sure could use some help at the SAFE tent. If you could spend a morning or an afternoon (or more) please sign up here.
For all of you who will be unable to attend, we are planning to send out the April issue of the SAFE eNews one week later than normal, so that we can have time to collate and report about all the great happenings at Sun 'N Fun. So even if you can't be there with us, your SAFE eNews will let you know what happened in your absence.
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| Stallion 51 Celebrates 25th Anniversary | |  Silver Jubilee at this year's Sun-N-Fun!Sun-N-Fun will dedicate Friday, March 30th to Stallion 51 as it kicks off its year long celebration of 25 years in business. Lee Lauderback, Stallion 51's president and chief pilot, will perform his signature solo Mustang routine at the beginning of the night air show that will culminate Sun-N-Fun's "Stallion 51 Day.
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| "Hobie" Tomlinson, 2012 National CFI of the YEAR | |  SAFE Member Named CFI of the Year!
2012 NATIONAL CFI OF THE YEAR: Master CFI Hobart Caleb "Hobie" Tomlinson of Huntington, Vermont, has been named the 2012 National Certificated Flight Instructor of the Year. He is employed by Heritage Aviation at Burlington (BTV) and is an independent flight instructor as well as a designated pilot examiner (DPE). Not only is he a current 5-time Master CFI but in 2010, he earned the FAA's Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award.
Hobie inherited his love of aviation from his father who was a WWII US Army instructor pilot in Burlington. After his dad taught him to fly, Hobie went on to earn commercial, instrument, multiengine, airline transport pilot certifications as well as flight instructor ratings and several type ratings. He has amassed more than 35,000 total flight hours.
In 1964, Hobie graduated from Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston with a major in Aircraft Maintenance Technology and an Aircraft and Powerplant (A&P) certificate. After graduating from Vermont Military Academy, he served a six-year tour in the Vermont National Guard. Meanwhile, he worked as a flight instructor, aircraft mechanic, and charter pilot for Northern Airways.
Hobie earned his initial flight instructor certification in 1965 and has been an active CFI ever since. He always finds a way to be a teacher in virtually every job setting. Today, his primary areas of specialty are in instrument and multiengine training at the CFI and ATP levels as well as tailwheel aircraft and seaplanes. He is also a Cirrus (CSIP) certified instructor, has served as an FAA DPE since 1977, and has accumulated over 11,000 instructional hours since becoming a CFI.
A FAASTeam lead representative for his local FSDO, he presents safety seminars and writes a monthly safety newsletter for over 300 subscribers. He was also responsible for presenting and advising on the eight-part CFI workshops and routinely participates in the Northeast Safety Expo. Additionally, he has earned and maintains the FAA Master-level WINGS.
Starting in 1967, Hobie spent the next 33 years as a flight engineer, pilot, and simulator instructor with Trans World Airlines (TWA). Since 2005, he has been Heritage Aviation's director of safety and a Citation CE560XL check airman. He is also responsible for creating and teaching safety management systems (SMS) curricula to all employees.
Married with two grown daughters, Hobie is an EAA Flight Advisor as well as a member of AOPA, SAFE, NAFI, WBA, VAA, IAC, and SPA. |
| Redbird Joins SAFE as a Gold Corporate Member | | |
Plus Cessna Renews its Sponsorship of the SAFE Website
The Society of Aviation and Flight Educators (SAFE) recently announced the addition of Redbird Flight Simulations as a Gold-level Corporate Member. Simultaneously, Cessna has renewed its exclusive sponsorship of the SAFE website.
SAFE Executive Director Doug Stewart commented, "We have worked with both Redbird and Cessna on a number of projects over the years, and are excited that these outstanding organizations are continuing to invest in SAFE's mission." SAFE offers four levels of corporate/group membership. In addition to other corporate member benefits, Redbird will be listed as a sponsor of SAFE's monthly eNews, while Cessna will continue as sponsor of the organization's website.
SAFE represents nearly 700 of the industry's top aviation educators, including numerous local, regional, and national General Aviation Awards winners. SAFE is also leading the Pilot Training Reform Initiative.
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Using PC-Based Simulations to Complement Flight Training
by Bruce Williams | | |
Webinar, 21 March 2012, 7-8:22 PM CDT
Although PC-based flight simulations have been available for 30 years, many pilots, instructors, and flight schools don't understand how best to use these tools in real-world flight training and pilot proficiency programs. This presentation explains how PC-based simulations like X-Plane and Microsoft Flight Simulator can complement flight training and help pilots maintain proficiency. The discussion is based on the speaker's recently published book Scenario-Based Training with X-Plane and Microsoft Flight Simulator: Using PC-Based Flight Simulations Based on FAA-Industry Training Standards. As the title suggests, the talk explains and emphasizes the FITS concept and the use of scenarios.
Click here to register
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New Book Goes Beyond Stick And Rudder Skills For Tailwheel Pilots
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"Flying The Tail Wheel Airplane' A Detailed Course In Conventional Gear Flying"
Whether its the low, slow flight of a Cub or Champ, or the high-performance of a P-51, flying an airplane with conventional gear requires a different skill set. A new book "Flying the Tail Wheel Airplane", by Master CFI (and SAFE member) Jim Alsip, offers a detailed course on piloting aircraft with a conventional gear. Tail wheel airplanes present specific challenges that Alsip aims to address in this guide to better stick and rudder skills.
According to Alsip, there has been a resurgence in pilots flying tail wheel airplanes in recent years. In part that is due to the growing popularity and production of new light sport airplanes. Another factor in the popularity of tail wheel aircraft is safety and self-esteem. It is generally acknowledged that tail wheel pilots have better stick and rudder skills than pilots who have only flown tricycle gear aircraft. Better skills help tail wheel pilots fly more safely and ostensibly have more fun than their counterparts in tricycle gear airplanes.
The FAA requires that pilots must have a "tail wheel endorsement" from a certified flight instructor to fly an airplane with a tail wheel. To earn a tail wheel endorsement, a pilot must demonstrate proficiency in specific flying skills and be knowledgeable of tail wheel subjects. With this in mind, Alsip guides readers through the basics of tail wheel proficiency and aims to identify the causes of poor pilot performance. Alsip contends that the principles laid out in the book are applicable to all pilots flying all types of small airplanes and are prerequisite to learning to fly advanced maneuvers safely.
"Many pilots know what is required to perform a specific maneuver, but their low skill level is an impediment to being successful," Alsip says. "In a unique way, the book addresses those weaknesses with techniques and a practice regimen that will help any pilot become more skilled with the use of an airplane's controls."
Intended to educate and empower pilots of all backgrounds and training levels, the book offers step-by-step instructions that gradually build in complexity as the book progresses. The book also offers an abundance of photographs from the cockpit demonstrating key points and principles. The photographs emphasize stick and rudder skills from the pilot's perspective. "Emphasis on where to look, what to see and what to do about it makes this teaching style and book unique and effective," says Alsip.
FMI: www.dylanaviation.com
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| New General Aviation Awards Website | | |
The mission of the General Aviation Awards program is to recognize individual aviation professionals on the local, regional, and national levels for their contributions to aviation, education and flight safety.
The program is a cooperative effort between more than a dozen general aviation industry sponsors and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
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| 2012 FAASTeam Safety Standdown to Debut during Sun-n-Funn | |
Loss of Control -- Don't be Surprised, Be Prepared!
The General Aviation Joint Steering Committee identified loss of control-inflight as the number one cause of fatal general aviation accidents over the last decade. Consequently, this year's FAASTeam Safety Standdown offers a multi-layered approach to help pilots reduce the risk of an inflight loss of control. The recently videotaped program is hosted by FAA Research Psychologist Dr. Katrina Avers and includes interviews with FAA Director of Flight Standards John Allen, accident survivor Barry Hyde, and three loss of control subject matter experts (SMEs).
The heart of the program looks at four actual scenarios from the perspectives of aircraft preflight, aeronautical decision-making, and stick and rudder skills. FAA Airworthiness expert Steve Keesey addresses aircraft preflight issues and introduces the FAA's new Advanced Preflight Program. Dr. Janeen Kochan and CFI Rich Stowell are SMEs representing the light airplane industry: Kochan, a Human Factors Research Scientist and Designated Pilot Examiner, discusses aeronautical decision-making issues; Stowell, a seven-time Master Instructor and the 2006 National Flight Instructor of the Year, talks about techniques for recovering from loss of control events. Both are members of the Society of Aviation and Flight Educators.
According to the FAASTeam's Kevin Clover, "This program is incredibly rich with practical information, and includes natural breaks where program participants can engage in discussion before moving on to the next scenario." He added, "This is the best Standdown program the FAA has produced to date."
The 2012 Safety Standdown will debut at Sun-n-Fun on March 31st followed by presentations at more than 90 locations across the country in April. Feature articles by the on-camera talent will also appear in the March/April edition of FAA Safety Briefing magazine, and additional resources will be made available on FAASafety.gov.
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| When Does Your Membership Expire? | | |
I got a call from a SAFE member the other day who asked me that question. I started to tell him I was not at home, but I would look it up and send him an email later on. Then I thought, wait a minute, he can very easily check that for himself. I asked him, are you at your computer? He said he was. Logged into SAFE (www.safepilots.org)? Yes. I said OK, in the yellow box on the right, click on the choice Manage Your Account. In the page that comes up, scroll about halfway down. There you will find your Dues Paid Through date. That's it, that's when your current membership expires. You will need to renew your membership on or before that date. But don't worry, we'll send you a reminder in plenty of time. Just be sure to renew when you receive the renewal notice.
Our new automated membership system, adopted last September, allows SAFE members to look at their account at any time, through the Manage Your Account function, and make updates to their information as required. You can change your email address, indicate an added certificate or rating, and change your phone number or street address. After making changes be sure to click on the Update Profile button at the very bottom of the page. That will save the changes into the SAFE database.
Larry Bothe
SAFE Treasurer
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| SAFE Member Bill Castlen Contributes Runway Incursion Article to FAA Safety Briefing | | |
SAFE Member Bill Castlen contributed a very good article titled "It Can Happen to Anyone - Lessons Learned from a Runway Incursion" to the FAA Safety Briefing Magazine. It appeared in the November/December 2011 issue. That article, along with several others from that issue, have now been added to the special FAA Safety Briefing library. If you think runway incursion can't happen to you, think again! Bill's article is an excellent example of how it can happen and it can serve as a very good training tool for use by instructors with their students.
The SAFE Library is an excellent source of materials for use by instructors. If you haven't been there recently, you should go see what has been contributed. The SAFE Library has three sections - Member-Contributed Material, FAA & Other Government Resources (where select articles from FAA Safety Briefing can be found), and Non-Government Resources.
There are many high quality items that can be used for training in a number of areas in the Member Contributed section. Remember - SAFE Members have contributed them for you to use, and they have passed the review of the Library Editorial Review Committee before being put into the SAFE Library. The SAFE Library also encourages members to contribute items that they have created to the library so that we can all benefit from the experience and expertise of our members!
Remember - It's YOUR library - use it and contribute to it!
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| "Flying Tips" CDs Still Available to New and Renewing Members | | 
37 Minutes of Practical Information for Pilots
New and Renewing SAFE members will be receiving complimentary copies of SAFE member and Master Instructor Rich Stowell's CD, "Flying Tips." This 37 minute CD features sixteen audio tips on subjects ranging from human factors to the fundamentals of aircraft control, to flying in the traffic pattern and more.
While supplies last, three free copies will be sent to members who join or renew -- copies for you and your students. These will go fast, renew now to take advantage of this great opportunity!
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| SAFE CFI Liability Policy | | |
The standard SAFE CFI Liability Policy provides coverage while instructing in non-pressurized multi-engine and single engine aircraft. A common question we receive is if the coverage can be expanded to include pressurized single engine aircraft, such as the Malibu series or Cessna P210. Depending on your experience for instruction in single engine pressurized, we can add this coverage and often at no additional premium.
Also, the policy includes your own personal pleasure and business use of non-owned aircraft, not just while instructing. This includes Experimental and LSA type aircraft.
Discounts up to 20% are available.
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Recent Master Instructor Designations
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 John K Earlywine, a 6-time Master and a SAFE member, recently renewed his Master CFI accreditation. John is Central Indiana Soaring Society's lead flight instructor at Alexandria Airport (I99). The holder of an SAA Silver Badge as well as three Indiana soaring records, and serves as a FAASTeam representative in the FAA's South Bend FSDO area.
 Lloyd J Evans, a 1st-time Master and a SAFE member, recently earned his Master Aviation Educator (MAE) accreditation. Buddy is an airframe & powerplant technician (A&P) with inspection authorization (IA) who specializes in maintenance training and IA renewals. He also serves as a FAASTeam representative in the FAA's Fort Worth FSDO area.  Lonnie L Hilkemeier, an 8-time Master and SAFE member, recently renewed his Master CFI accreditation. A mentor to new CFIs, Lonnie is the senior flight instructor and president of Specialty Flight Training (http://www.SpecialtyFlight.com/), a Cessna Pilot Center at Boulder Airport (BDU). Colorado's first Master Instructor, he also serves as a FAASTeam representative in the FAA's Denver FSDO area.
 JoAnn K Hill, a 7-time Master and charter SAFE member, was recently granted Master Instructor Emeritus status in recognition of her many years of commitment to excellence, professional growth, service to the aviation community, and quality aviation education. JoAnn is the co-creator and an administrator of the Master Instructor program. She also serves as a national FAASTeam representative and is the national chairperson of the General Aviation Awards program.
 Scott O'Brien, a 4-time Master and SAFE member, recently renewed his Master CFI accreditation. Scott is an attorney as well as an independent flight instructor who specializes in primary and instrument flight training at Tallahassee Regional Airport (TLH). He also serves as a FAASTeam representative in the FAA's Tampa FSDO area
 Michael L Phillips, a 3-time Master and SAFE member, recently renewed his Master CFI accreditation. Michael is a flight and ground instructor with CP Aviation ( www.CPAviation.com ), a Cessna Pilot Center at Santa Paula Airport (SZP). A Marine Corps veteran, he also serves as a FAASTeam representative in the FAA's Van Nuys FSDO area.
 Eric J Shappee, a 6-time Master and SAFE member, recently renewed his Master CFI accreditation. Eric is a Kansas State University College of Technology and Aviation (http://www.Salina.K-State.edu/Aviation ) associate professor at Salina Municipal Airport (SLN). The vice commander of the Civil Air Patrol's Kansas Wing, he also serves as a FAASTeam representative in the FAA's Wichita FSDO area
 Douglas Stewart, a 7-time Master and charter SAFE member, recently renewed his Master CFI accreditation. Doug operates Doug Stewart Flight Instruction (http://www.DSFlight.com/) and is the executive director of SAFE, the Society of Aviation & Flight Educators (http://SafePilots.us/). The 2004 Nat'l CFI of the Year, he also serves as a pilot examiner (DPE) and a FAASTeam rep in the FAA's Albany FSDO area.
 John W Vandeventer, a 4-time Master and a SAFE member, recently renewed his Master CFI accreditation. Jack is an independent CFI who instructs with Eagle Flyers (http://www.MontgomeryAviation.net/index.php/Eagle-Flyers/) at Indianapolis Executive Airport (TYQ) where he specializes in primary, instrument, LSA, and tailwheel training. He also serves as a FAASTeam representative in the FAA's Indianapolis FSDO area.
FMI: Master Instructors LLC
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See you at Sun-n-Fun!
Doug Stewart, Executive Director
Society of Aviation and Flight Educators
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