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DECEMBER 11, 2014
FLIGHT TRAINING CONFERENCE
 

Roger Cohen to Speak at Sixth Annual International

Flight School Operators Conference in January

 

Not sure yet if you are going to attend the Sixth Annual International Flight School Operators Conference next month? Maybe the fact that Roger Cohen, the President and CEO of the Regional Airline Association will be speaking will convince you.

 

Roger has been a long term leader in the aviation industry and understands the importance of flight training to the airline industry. Attendees will be able to hear directly from the leader of the Regional Airline Association on what is happening in their segment of the air carrier industry. Most people inside the general aviation industry know first hand that there is and will be an ongoing need for first officers (FO's) at regional airlines. FSANA believes that over the next decade, many of the new FO's will be created at local flight schools which are dedicated to creating professional career track programs.

The early bird registration fee cut off date for the conference is December 22, 2104. Take advantage of the early bird rate and send in your conference registration today. The Hilton San Diego Mission Valley hotel cut off date is January 6, 2015. After that date, there may not be rooms available at the special conference rate. To make a room reservation, call 800-682-6099. Use GROUP CODE "FS2"
FSANA NEWS

The Marks Group Becomes 
FSANA Partner

Bob Rockmaker, President & CEO of FSANA said, "FSANA is pleased that The Marks Group which is one of the most respected "Customer Relationship Management" (CRM) software providers and consultants in the United States has elected to become a FSANA "Partner."

The FSANA and Marks Group are pleased that FSANA members will enjoy special pricing on all of their products and services.

 

The Marks Group will be helping to support and guide many FSANA member flight schools to develop and deploy systemic programs aimed at managing their wide selection of people (contacts) that they come in contact with on a daily basis.

 

Gene Marks, President of the Marks Group stated, "we are looking forward to working with flight schools to help them develop smooth processes for managing their contacts". According to Gene Marks, "you do not have to be a Fortune 500 to install and use CRM software." He noted that, "At The Marks Group, our specialty is sales and marketing technologies. We help the sales, marketing and service teams at our more than 600 active clients grow their revenues, improve their productivity and increase their profits."

 

Gene Marks is a writer for the New York Times, Forbes, and Inc. magazines and The Huffington Post. Learn more about the services of The Marks Group at www.marksgroup.net.
SIMULATORS IN TRAINING
 

PCATDs and ATDs

by Tracy Cook

Vice President - Marketing and Sales
Precision Flight Controls, Inc. 

 

The predominant means by which most operators receive a return on their ATD investment is the renting out of an ATD. The ability to log time varies with each level of system and depends upon whether the training environment is operating under Part 61 or 141 of the FARs.

First, an ATD must be approved by the FAA. Under Part 61, this occurs as each new system rolls out of the factory providing the manufacturer has undertaken and passed the appropriate approval process. The operator need only hang a copy of the manufacturer-provided LOA on the wall adjacent to the system to begin logging time on the device. Part 141 operators have a bit higher hurdle. Systems are approved by the local FSDO in conjunction with the curriculum that is utilized at the school.

PCATDs are the lowest level of approved ATD systems and allow for 10 hours toward the instrument rating requirements. PCATD devices are rapidly disappearing as most have been upgraded to BATDs and new PCATD approval applications are no longer accepted by the FAA.

BATD systems are the next level of ATDs. These systems are approved for the same 10 hours toward the instrument rating requirements, and add 2.5 hours toward the Private Pilot certificate. Instrument Experience (currency) can also be accomplished under 61.57(c)(3). Maintaining currency is an often overlooked benefit of owning an ATD. One point of contention has been the requirement (or not) to have Instrument Experience time endorsed by a CFI. It has long been represented that Instrument Experience does not constitute "training" and therefore requires no instructor endorsement. This issue has yet to be definitively addressed by the FAA.

Next month, we'll delve into loggable time on AATD systems.


FSANA NEWS
InfoUSA Becomes FSANA Partner

Keelia Schumacher, Sales Manager of infoUSA stated, "we are delighted that FSANA and Info USA will be working together to help increase the number of customers coming through the door at our nations flight schools."

Bob Rockmaker, President & CEO of FSANA said, "FSANA is pleased that infoUSA has agreed to become a FSANA "Partner." InfoUSA is one of the country's leading providers of contact database information. Being able to identify potential customers is critical to today's flight schools and info USA has the ability to help support the forward mission.

InfoUSA is one of the oldest database companies in the United States and maintains data on over 250M contacts and 2M businesses. They advertise "The Highest Quality Mailing Lists" and the ability to, "target businesses and consumers with the most accurate data available."

Learn more about the services that infoUSA provides at www.infoUSA.com.
RULES AND REGULATIONS
 

Sources of Aviation Law - An Overview

Jason Lorenzon esq., CFI, CFII, MEI

I always wondered how a lot of our aviation laws have come into existence over the past century. The laws of a country are the rules in which society abides by in order to keep some semblance of civil order. Citizens agree to follow those laws, first requested by the citizens, then developed by lawmakers, then enforced by the bureaucracy and interpreted by the Courts.

Aviation Law is a hybrid of common law and regulatory law. The history of aviation law started with the idea that flying was an "inherently dangerous activity." Hence, the law was not forgiving to aviators at the beginning of the twentieth century and maybe that is still true even today. Tort law, meaning "twisted" is basically our personal injury law today and makes up the law of negligence, where a person is hurt or property is damaged. This area of law is a major influence on aviation law today. The older case law indicates that aviators where the thrill seekers, the dare devils that pushed the envelope. Over the years, common law gave way to statutory provisions and eventually the rules that we refer to as Air Regs.

The Air Regulations are codified, meaning "written in stone" (not really written in stone) can be found in the Code of Federal Regulations at Title 14 - "Aeronautics and Space." There are 1301 sections. For our purposes, most of everything we need can be found from parts 1-199. The most important part of any codified regulations are the first chapter, the definitions. Most of us as pilots are familiar with Part 61, Part 91, and even part 141 depending on our training.

These rules have been developed first by Acts of Congress in the form of bills, then signed into law by the President. Changes in Regulations take time as the legal professionals and writers develop the law into codified provisions that we all can understand. I say that sarcastically. These regulations are suppose to be in "plain English." However, when reading "statutory language" even most lawyers require reading the provisions several times before the words can make any sense. Generally, the regulations reflect the public policy objective of the FAA's primary mission, that is to make aviation safer. After reading and working with the regulations for several years, I can see where the "inherently dangerous provisions" of the common law have been transferred into codified provisions in the Air Regs that largely promote a safer aviation community.

Jason Lorenzon holds the FAA Commercial License , Multi- Engine Instrument CFI, CFII, MEI Ratings. He is an attorney licensed to practice in Ohio and Florida. He is currently managing partner of DeCola & Lorenzon LCC, Attorneys at Law and has offices in Cleveland, Ohio, Akron, Ohio and Orlando Florida. He focuses his practice on Immigration and Aviation law. He can be reached at lorenzonlaw@gmail.com.
FSANA INFORMATION
 
FSANA money-back guarantee

FSANA continues to create value for its members. Programs like AeroCamp are helping flight schools to create new revenue centers and attract customers, many who continue on to earn their first pilot certificate. New programs are in the works that will be announced very soon that flight schools to expand these efforts.

FSANA offers flight schools a money-back guarantee on their membership dues investment if the school operates at least one FSANA Aero program and does not generate enough profit to cover the cost of membership. Members are required to demonstrate that they have followed the FSANA program guidelines contained in the members-only toolkit associated with each program.

If you have not already looked into conducting our Aero programs at your flight school, now is the time. You can not loose!
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