General Aviation

Hi,
I have been reading with interest the developments in General Aviation Training proposals and look forward to seeing the new annex published this July. I have not seen any comment on what I consider to be one of the major impediments to the future development of small organisation or club-based pilot training, namely the training of Flight Instructors within these organisations. If small organisations are to survive, they will need to be supplied with local, non-professional, part-time or voluntary flight instructors who are authorised to train to the LAPL and PPL and BIR standards. This training will need to be carried out within these organisations by the currently ageing stock of flight instructors and time is running out! If we get to a point where the current stock of non-professional flight instructors retire before they have passed on their skills to the next generation, I fear that general aviation will be badly damaged. I would encourage lawmakers to consider allowing the establishment of a Basic Flight Instructor Rating that can be trained within a Declared Training Organisation by the current stock of flight instructors.
P.

Michael Erb from IAOPA covers some important aspects on GA and the GA Roadmap, in EASA's latest ON AIR newsletter: http://createsend.com/t/d-A78DF997803F9D752540EF23F30FEDED

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