Latrobe PDP

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RAAus would like to invite

 

CFIs, Instructors,

 

Maintainers, and Members in

 

the Latrobe region to attend our

 

Professional Development Program

 

on Thursday 22 March. We look

 

forward to building on the

 

success of the PDP sessions held

 

in Mildura, Launceston and our

 

upcoming session in Lethbridge.

 

Registration for the PDP is FREE

 

and the one-day session will

 

also include a complimentary BBQ

 

dinner from 5pm on Thursday. The

 

PDP will be held from 9am to 4pm

 

at the Latrobe Valley Aero Club,

 

Airfield Road, Traralgon.

 

Members are also welcome to join

 

us for the BBQ alone if they

 

can't make the seminar but would

 

like to have a chat to some of

 

the RAAus team. We would

 

appreciate if you could advise

 

us if

 

you will be attending just the

 

BBQ without registering for the

 

seminar, for catering purposes. 

 

One-day PDP schedule

 

0900

 

CEO - Welcome and

 

Introduction

 

0930

 

Safety

 

1030

 

Morning tea

 

1100

 

Ops

 

1230

 

Lunch (light lunch

 

provided)

 

1330

 

Ops

 

1430

 

Tech

 

1600

 

Course concludes

 

In particular, all L2

 

maintainers, Instructors and

 

Approval holders are urged

 

to register to attend these

 

important professional

 

development seminars. Please REGISTER

 

NOW through

 

the member portal.

 

RAAus will be hosting PDP

 

session across the country over

 

the coming months. For more

 

information, please refer to

 

the member

 

portal and our previous

 

newsletter.

 

We look forward to seeing you

 

there!

 

 

For Instructors

 

Sessions will include “Minimum

 

standards when conducting BFRs

 

and Instructor renewals”,

 

“Recommended lesson structure

 

and what to record for student

 

training” exciting news about

 

insurances for schools, and the

 

opportunity to talk

 

collaboratively about real

 

training problems like “Runway –

 

Loss of Control” with effective

 

real world solutions for the

 

challenges of an Instructor when

 

training.

 

For Maintainers

 

Maintainers haven’t been

 

forgotten with the Tech team on

 

hand to deliver talks about

 

aircraft maintenance logbooks,

 

the introduction of the Hours

 

and Maintenance record as well

 

as the rollout of practical

 

Level One owner maintainer

 

courses.

 

For anyone involved in a flying

 

school Aviation Safety

 

Management sets you up for

 

success. The RAAus Safety

 

Management System is ready for

 

rollout. The Safety Team will be

 

delivering information about how

 

this vital component of a

 

successful and safe school can

 

be integrated into what you are

 

already doing to keep yourself,

 

Instructors, pilots and students

 

safe.

 

Safety Manual

 

Safety will present a 1-2 hour

 

workshop on the new Safety

 

Manual. This face-to-face time

 

will assist CFIs in

 

transitioning to CASR Part 149

 

during 2018. This program is

 

aimed at enabling CFIs to

 

integrate their operations into

 

the RAAus Safety Management

 

System (SMS) in a manner that is

 

scalable to the size and

 

complexity of each Flight

 

Training Schools operations and

 

needs.  CFIs will workshop the

 

required risk management

 

processes that form part of the

 

SMS and should leave the

 

sessions armed and reading to

 

tailor and implement the

 

‘already templated’ and ‘85%

 

completed’ Flight Training

 

School Manual into their

 

school. 

 

RAAus has worked tirelessly to

 

make this process a simple and

 

easy one that can be actioned

 

quickly and effectively. By

 

aligning to the RAAus SMS now

 

allow CFIs to get on with the

 

day to day business of flying

 

while having the confidence that

 

they are supported each and

 

every time their asset gets

 

airborne by a robust and well

 

thought out safety management

 

system.

 

The Safety Toolbox will be

 

released mid-March so for those

 

eager to transition now or those

 

that wish to enhance their

 

overall business operations then

 

why not come along with your

 

laptop and Safety Toolbox at the

 

ready.

 

Member forums will also

 

be part of each session, so the

 

whole team is looking forward to

 

interacting with members, clubs,

 

maintainers and sharing a BBQ

 

sausage.

 

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[billwoodmason]

I see now they have introduced a minimum standard for a BFR, instead of a BFR being an opportunity to freshen up on any aspect of your flying you feel necessary. This will mean BFRs will now cost more to cover their syllabus. Areas that you may have wanted to brush up on will now be overlooked. The merge to GA continues. No discussion entered into!!

 

Members won’t want this.

 

 

[frank marriott]

Members will realise what is happening soon - allbeit probably too late. The spiral is gaining momentum.

 

 

[SDQDI]

So where does it say 'new' minimum standards?

 

 

[Yenn]

It just says minimum standards, no new. A good thing as far as I can see and there is nothing there to say you can't brush up on areas you think may be appropriate.

 

I have been critical of the new RAAus, but I would have to scrape the bottom of the barrel to criticise their training here. there is certainly some work needed on Runway Loss of Control, which appears too often in accident reports.

 

 

[billwoodmason]

I have posted on recflying last year after doing my last BFR about it being more a flight test than a review costing me $140 to do in my own aircraft. That BFR was the most stringent I have ever undergone and at the time wondered if the goal posts were shifting. Make your own conclusions.

 

 

[turboplanner]

Good to hear something like this from the Association; matches up with a few crashes and fatalities that I can think of, and is also relevant to quite a few comments made on this forum, so there's potential for some good results.

 

 

[pmccarthy]

Good to see such a professional approach from RAAus.

 

 

[coljones]

It appears that some want to self certify their own BFRs. An interesting concept.

 

 

[Karren]

I think The problem is that some want the freedom we had when we were basically left alone to fly around our own padocks and do what we liked as long as we kept below 500’ and didn’t cross the road. We have grown up and many “ultralight” (how many just cringed) aircraft play with the big guys, some are more capable than basic GA trainers, and we want more flying opportunities and the ability to do things our forebears never dreamed of. That means we need to be more responsible as a group which leads to some believing we are loosing our freedom. Maintaining a minimum standard, and proving you are at that minimum standard, is essential, and paying an instructor for his time and skill, is an accepted part of this. If you are unhappy at having to pay for your instructor to check you aren’t going to kill you self doing something stupid, perhaps you would like to work for a day for no pay? Be glad if you can find an instructor happy to do a BFR in your aircraft, accept the opportunity to learn more about flying, and don’t be stingy. $140 for a BFR is probably one of the smaller bills you will have to pay for your Aviation hobby.

 

 

[Frankus1aust]

Any chance of video'ing the sessions? Would love to be there but can't

 

 

[Downunder]

Making a minimum standard for bfr's might be a good thing. Cutting out the flight school rorting.....

 

One case I personally know of involved a pilot being required to do a 3 hr cross country with instructor.

 

Upon return and landing the pilot was told the instructor didn't like the transition of hemispherical headings so he should come back next week for another couple of hours. ...... This is a pilot with his own aircraft who does 80 to 100 hrs a year.....incident free.

 

All this for a BFR?....

 

 

[turboplanner]

......but one likely to have a head on collision with an innocent family. The CFI usually knows where the bad habits are.

 

 

[frank marriott]

There are operators who conduct a review in accordance with its intent AND then there are others who think it is a chance to fleece more money. Word of mouth will tell you a lot - just ask around - the shonks in a particular area are known by local pilots.

 

It is not a licence retest - a competent operator will know very quickly what level a pilot is at.