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FAA Safety September/October 2017 BRIEFING Your source for general aviation news and information Flight Instructor Refresher Compliance Philosophy for Flight Flight Instructor Resources — Your Shifting Gears — Tips for Tackling Instructors p 7 Guide to Lifelong Learning p 14 Transition Training p 26 Federal Aviation faa.gov/news/safety_briefing Administration @FAASafetyBrief FAA Safety Briefing is the FAA safety policy voice of non-commercial general aviation. The September/October 2017 issue of FAA Safety Briefing explores the critical role flight instructors play in keeping the National Airspace System safe. Feature articles focus on flight instructor requirements and best practices as well as the many tools and educational resources that can help sharpen your 10 teaching skills. Features 7 Compliance Philosophy for Flight Instructors A Look at Regulations and Safety Management by Jeffrey Smith 10 Getting the Gouge Ten Things Instructors Need to Know About Using the ACS by Susan Parson 7 14 Flight Instructor Resources Your Guide to Lifelong Learning by Jennifer Caron 18 Teaching Technology Instilling the Right Aptitudes and Attitudes for Safety 14 by Susan Parson 22 Renewing Your “Lease” Options for Flight Instructor Certification Renewal by Tom Hoffmann 26 Shifting Gears Tips for Tackling Transition Training by Susan Parson 29 A Different World The Transition from Military to Civilian Flight Instructor by James Williams Departments 1 Jumpseat – an executive policy perspective 2 ATIS – GA news and current events 5 Aeromedical Advisory – a checkup on all things aeromedical 6 Ask Medical Certification – Q&A on medical certification issues 17 Checklist – FAA resources and safety reminders 31 Nuts, Bolts, and Electrons – GA maintenance issues 33 Angle of Attack – GA safety strategies 26 34 Vertically Speaking – safety issues for rotorcraft pilots 35 Flight Forum – letters from the Safety Briefing mailbag 36 Postflight – an editor’s perspective Inside back cover FAA Faces – FAA employee profile JOHN DUNCAN Jumpseat EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, FLIGHT STANDARDS SERVICE The Right Stuff A few months ago, I spotted an Air Facts Journal Mr. Ewing approached his instructor role in exactly article with an eye-catching title: “I Was John Glenn’s the same way. He naturally treated his distinguished Flight Instructor.” Of course I stopped to read the client with great respect, but he did not confuse piece, which is author Kent Ewing’s account of flying respect for the person and his many aviation accom- with the late Senator Glenn during eight Bonanza plishments with his obligations as a flight instructor Pilot Proficiency Program (BPPP) clinics in Colum- — that is, to provide a thorough and appropriately bus, Ohio. Mr. Ewing’s BPPP sessions with Senator challenging training session, and to give candid Glenn started when the former astronaut was 82, and feedback during both the actual flights and the post- continued until he was 90. flight briefing sessions. I commend the article to you (see URL at the end Another lesson from the article is the way that of this column) if only for what the author modestly Mr. Ewing worked to target training experiences to characterizes as “a few observations and cockpit and align with the kind of flying Senator Glenn typically hangar flying stories.” More fundamentally, though, I did. I’ll let you read the article to get the details, but think this piece has several important lessons for not the point is clear: an instructor owes it to each pilot just flight instructors, but for everyone who flies. and, indeed, to everyone else in the National Air- space System (NAS), to tailor the training program A good pilot is always learning to specific individual needs and requirements. Senator Glenn owned a 1986 58P Baron until about five years before his passing. When Mr. A good instructor has the right stuff Ewing once inquired as to why he was attend- It’s a common view that one of the most chal- ing the BPPP clinic, the response was: “It doesn’t lenging aviation tasks is passing the practical test matter who you are. When you reach your 80s, for an initial flight instructor certificate. Let me state the insurance industry wants you to complete a clearly that the certification process cannot and formal training course annually.” Even if insurance should not be a “gotcha” exercise. Through FAA/ company requirements were the catalyst for recur- industry effort on the rent training, Mr. Ewing’s account makes it clear Airman Certification He did not confuse respect for the person that Senator Glenn was a conscientious pilot. He Standards (ACS) proj- and his many aviation accomplishments recognized not only the need to practice traditional ect, we are working hard with his obligations as a flight instructor. maneuvers like partial panel flying, but also the to eradicate any hint need to learn new things, such as using a handheld of “gotcha” from both the knowledge exam and the GPS moving map navigator. Mr. Ewing’s article practical test for airman certificates and ratings. That clearly conveys the humility that Senator Glenn said, I make no apology for an appropriately chal- (“always a gentleman”) demonstrated during lenging flight instructor certification process. You recurrent training. He never assumed he knew don’t have to be an astronaut like Senator Glenn to everything. He prepared for his flights; he came to instruct, but in order to do the job as it must be done, clinics with questions and goals; and he sought to you do have to have the proverbial “right stuff.” gain the most from each flight and each clinic. A good instructor is always prepared Learn More I suspect that most of us might be a tad intimi- airfactsjournal.com/2016/12/john-glenns-flight-instructor dated to find ourselves assigned to instruct someone as illustrious as a former astronaut. While few of us are likely to have that particular experience, I imagine that every instructor has — or eventually will have — at least one story about flying with a pilot with impressive credentials and/or far greater experience. Here again, Mr. Ewing’s experience is, so to speak, instructive. Senator Glenn approached his John Glenn’s Baron recurrent training with humility and discipline, and September/October 2017 FAA Safety Briefing 1 ATIS AVIATION NEWS ROUNDUP FAA Aircraft Certification Service New VFR Flight Plan Services Transformed Leidos Flight Service’s new EasyActivate, The FAA’s Aircraft Certification Service (AIR) is EasyClose, and Close Reminder services will auto- comprised of more than 1,300 engineers, scientists, matically be turned on for all registered users of inspectors, test pilots, and other experts responsi- www.1800wxbrief.com. These services let you ble for the design and production approval, airwor- activate or close a VFR flight plan simply by click- thiness certification, and continued airworthiness ing a link in an email or text message that’s sent to programs of all U.S. civil aviation products. As part you 30 minutes before departure and arrival. These of the FAA’s efforts to improve its responsiveness actions are recorded and included in your pilot his- to the U.S. aviation industry as it certificates new tory. Reminders are sent when a VFR flight plan is products, the agency is refreshing its certifica- not closed within 20 minutes of the expected arrival tion strategy, investing in management systems time. These services will be automatically applied to improve performance, and the organization. to all of your VFR flight plans, regardless of whether Streamlining its regulations and policies will help you file via phone call or online. the industry move products to market faster and Initially, the service will be turned on for retain competitiveness. email delivery, but you can change it to, or add, On July 23, AIR implemented a new, function- text message delivery. Click on the EasyActivate/ ally-aligned organizational structure to execute the EasyClose link at the top of the Pilot Dashboard at certification strategy. Realignment, the first visible www.1800wxbrief.com. phase of this approach, groups similar organiza- There are other options for electronically activat- tions together to create the functional divisions ing and closing VFR flight plans. You can activate on while maintaining existing sub-division organiza- www.1800wxbrief.com from the Pilot Dashboard, tional structures. During this phase, the existing including assumed departures up to 30 minutes from industry points of contact will be retained to ensure current time. You can close VFR flight plans from the seamless relationship management and to facilitate website as well. Also, several of the flight planning contact with the appropriate FAA employees. As an and electronic flight bag (EFB) vendors that have inte- outcome of realignment, the directorate structure grated with Leidos Flight Service provide VFR activa- will cease to exist. tion and closure directly in their apps or websites. FAA Administrator Huerta Addresses AirVenture Audience In a bittersweet farewell at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisc., FAA Administrator Michael Huerta emphasized the importance of government and industry partnerships to bolster GA safety and efficiency. “We need to have a meaningful discussion about how we can improve the services we deliver today — while preparing for an increasingly complex and growing set of users in the future,” he said. “Some day in the not too distant future, your planes will still be sharing airspace with jumbo jets and heli- copters – but also commercial space rockets, package deliv- ery drones, aerial taxis, and other technologies that haven’t even been dreamed up yet. … At the end of the day, the FAA wants to deliver the traveling public and all airspace users a FAA Administrator Michael Huerta with EAA safe and efficient air traffic system that is second to none.” CEO/Chairman Jack Pelton at AirVenture. Go to bit.ly/2uWWNrB to read the entire speech.

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