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Aviators' code of conduct (3)
3. Training and Proficiency
Pilots should:
· Participate in training to maintain and improve proficiency beyond minimum legal requirements,
· Participate in flight safety education programs,
· Act with vigilance and avoid complacency,
· Train to recognize and deal effectively with emergencies, and
· Accurately log hours flown and manoeuvres practiced to satisfy training and currency requirements.
Explanation: Training and proficiency underlie aviation safety. Recurrent training is a major component of flight safety. Such training includes both air and ground training. Each contributes significantly to flight safety and neither can substitute for the other. Training sufficient to promote flight safety may well exceed what law requires.
Sample Recommended Practices:
· Pursue a rigorous, life-long course of aviation study.
· Follow and periodically review programs of study or series of training exercises to improve proficiency. Adhere to a training plan that will yield new ratings, certificates and endorsements—or at the very least, greater flight proficiency.
· Train for flight in unique environments such as over water, remote or desert, and mountainous terrain. Train for survival and carry adequate survival equipment.
· Know your aircraft’s performance limitations, how to plan flights and determine fuel requirements.
· Understand and use appropriate procedures in the event radio communications are lost.
· Achieve and maintain proficiency in the efficient and functional operation of technology-intensive aviation equipment.
· Know current aviation regulations and understand their implications & rationale. Spend time each month reviewing the aviation regulations.
· Understand and comply with the privileges and limitations of your pilot certificate.
· Attend aviation training programs offered by industry organizations or your civil aviation authority.
· Participate in the civil aviation authority Pilot Proficiency Award Programmes if available.
· Keep up to date with diverse and relevant aviation pubs.
· Study and develop a practical knowledge of aviation weather.
· Each month, review reports of recent or nearby accidents or incidents, focusing on contributing factors.
· Demonstrate conformance to applicable civil aviation authority practical test standards periodically, and complete additional training as necessary to exceed those minimum standards.
· Before attempting a cross-country flight or carrying passengers in an unfamiliar aircraft, complete at least one training flight in that unfamiliar-aircraft model, and discern differences among similar aircraft (that is, same make and model but varying tail numbers).
· Avoid practicing manoeuvres near highly populated areas.
· Seek to fly at least once every two weeks and at least one night a month, to include at least three night take-offs and landings, or else refrain from flying at night.
· Develop a practical understanding of the mechanics and systems of each aircraft you fly.
· Join a “type club” appropriate to the aircraft you fly to learn more about it (e.g., the Cessna Pilots Association, Cirrus Owners and Pilots Association, the Malibu Mirage Owners and Pilots Association, the Piper Owners Society or other aircraft-specific club).
· Complete the equivalent of a Flight Review annually rather than every two years and, if instrument rated, an instrument proficiency check (IPC) every six months.
· Maintain currency including for day, night, and IFR operations that exceeds minimum regulatory requirements.
· Register with your civil aviation authority for safety meeting announcements and safety literature.
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