FlightPrep has recently been the target of boycotts. I have no problem with people doing that, FlightPrep has chosen to cause problems in general aviation at a time when we need to work together. Avweb has also been guilty of causing divisions in GA with its recent attack on AOPA. I think that it is one thing for businesses to compete and try and provide better products at better prices or at least creating a better value for the consumer. But it appears that FlightPrep is trying to bully its way into a larger market share and that is not the way to do it in a small niche market such as General Aviation. It will be interesting to see how all of this shakes out.
Boycott FlightPrep
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Saturday, February 13, 2010
AOPA's Guide to the Flight Review
It is amazing how quick 24 calendar months goes by and it is time for another flight review. I have just scheduled mine for early March and am going to do it in a Piper Seminole. This year I will just do the standard flight review with at least an hour ground instruction and an at least an hour of flight.
Over the years I have used several different methods for completing the requirements for the flight review including using the FAA Wings Program and getting additional ratings. AOPA has produced a great guide to the flight review that lists all of the requirments and outlines the alternatives to doing a traditional flight review. It is available free online in a PDF file, check it out here, AOPA Pilot's Guide to the Flight Review.
Over the years I have used several different methods for completing the requirements for the flight review including using the FAA Wings Program and getting additional ratings. AOPA has produced a great guide to the flight review that lists all of the requirments and outlines the alternatives to doing a traditional flight review. It is available free online in a PDF file, check it out here, AOPA Pilot's Guide to the Flight Review.
Saturday, January 30, 2010
New Instrument Rating Practical Test Standards FAA-S-8081-4E
The new update includes what they refer to as major enhancements. These include:
- Added abbreviations
- Added special emphasis area of icing hazards
- Changed Aeronautical Decision Making and Risk Management to a new Single-Pilot Resource Management
- Updated area of operation I to include Pilot Qualifications
- Modified task items to standardize phraseology as contained in the AIM
- Added a Judgment Assessment Matrix to the Appendix
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