The Flying Club

Presidents Report November 2018.

Hi all,

November is almost over and I'm sure we are all starting to think of what to do in our Christmas break.

All club aircraft will be available over this period and Instructors may be with prior arrangement. See Sarah's report below.

RAANZ AGM was held at our club in November and all went well.

Discussions were about our engine "ON CONDITION" situation and this has worked out well with signing off from CAA all but completed .Transponders also discussed and where we are heading here and last reporting accidents, incidents etc Steve will fill you in a bit more on this subject.

With this opportunity of having members here from all over the country, we put a for sale sign on the Storch (SAQ) and have had several parties showing interest in buying her. Nothing definite until the money is in our bank.

SAQ has just had its 100 hour engine service and is ready for a new owner. If you know of anyone else that may be interested let us know.

It seems that we apologise for the weather nearly every month but November was probably the worst for a while making it really hard to find slots for students to continue with their lessons. Please be patient, this is one thing we can't control. Work with the Instructors.

Don't forget our Club Christmas Barbeque at our Clubrooms on Sunday the 2nd of Dec, everyone is welcome, just bring your own meat and refreshments and the rest will be supplied. Barbeques will start warming up 11.30 -12.00 o'clock.

Also only a week away is Pam and Peter Kernohans breakfast fly-in ,9th Dec 8.30. Great chance to catch up with everyone before Christmas, especially if you are heading away.

It has been another excellent year for our Club; we are in great shape and well set up for the New Year. Pleasing results from a great team of members. Thank you all.

We will have the New Year Roster out shortly and are very pleased with how this is working for the Club. Some have had a lot to do while others have had very little, all good stuff.

Merry Christmas to all and see you on Sunday.

C.F.I and Safety officers Report

As it is hard to pin anyone down over the holidays I think that it would be best to contact an instructor directly if you want to fly between Christmas and New Year. It is holiday time so we may, or may not be available. But you don't know if you don't try. Michael Bryant will NOT be available, so that brings your options down to Steve, Matt or myself. If anyone wants to go to the New Year's fly in at Waipukurau this year, I like going. I may take one of my children but I am open to offers for a co-pilot or student.

Please remember that Instructors are here to help you with your exams if you need it. Please don't hesitate to contact us if you are not sure where to start. Have a look at the RAANZ website too.

For those of you who didn't make the RAANZ AGM it was a really good opportunity to meet those that run our governing body and put some names to faces. I know that Stan and Steve will comment on some of the things discussed. For me it was really good to see that they are putting in an Instructor Technique course to help current Instructors increase their skill and of course for new ones to gain the right skills. This course takes the CAA version, makes it simpler and tailors it to our needs. I'm looking forward to taking the course and seeing what changes I can make, to make your lessons more enjoyable and productive. All these things are there to help increase the standard of micro-light flying in NZ. Micro-lights have changed tremendously over the years and we have to grow and change with it if we want to maintain a certain level of autonomy from CAA.

Otherwise happy flying

CFI

Safely Speaking December 2018

The importance of reporting.

A few weekends ago we hosted the RAANZ executive for the RAANZ AGM. It was good to put faces to names. Two representatives from the CAA attended as well which allowed for discussions and updates on topics that are affecting what we do and how we do it.

One point that was made is that all incidents need to be reported, this should be done via the RAANZ website http://raanz.org.nz/onlineIRP.php. If this is of a nature that CAA needs to be informed then RAANZ will pass this information on. If a report is made directly to CAA https://www.caa.govt.nz/Forms/CA005_Form.pdf CAA have assured us that they would also pass the info back to RAANZ if it involved a RAANZ aircraft/pilot.

In the future it was suggested there may be a single web form to submit reports and the appropriate association will be notified as appropriate. RAANZ makes it clear in their documentation that ultimately it is the pilot's responsibility to report, this also includes changes in medical status.

I would also ask that Feilding Flying Club is CC'd into these reports as well for timely information. This enables us to put into place procedures to mitigate further issues or quickly correct issues which had led to the incident, such as improved procedures or education (instruction). We are all human and mistakes happen.

The important outcome is that we learn from them and put into place techniques to prevent them repeating in the future, to protect our club/members/assets or minimise the consequences if they do. A no blame policy must be applied to allow this to occur and information must be treated with respect and privacy.

The reporting has to be timely, honest, accurate and complete. By involving our club, even if it did not involve our club aircraft or instructors, enables our club to provide help where possible. We are a club after all, with the aim of fostering aviation and supporting our members.

If you are unsure about the requirement or the procedure to file a report then please contact us and we can talk through it.

Fly safely