In relation to introductory flights performed by an FI it is not clear how to record this in the log book to take into account recent experience activity.
SAO.GEN.115 Introductory Flights sets out the conditions of the flight but does not define the flight itself, leaving open the difference between a one person ride (sits in the rear cockpit of the glider) and a flight that is a first session itself (the passenger sits in the front cockpit and has access to the glider's controls).
I understand that an introductory flight is not a glider ride, the passenger being a fully fledged lesson even though he/she has not been registered as a student as the operation is not considered as part of a regulated course.
Based on the SFCL.325 FI(s) competencies and assessment we can clearly see that during this kind of flight the instructor:
a) prepare resources
b) create a climate conducive to learning
c) present knowledge
d) integrate threat and error management (TEM) and crew resources management
e) manage time to achievetraining objectives
f) facilitate learning
h) monitor and review progress
i) evaluate training session
so really the only task that is not done is to record the outcome of the training session.
If we also check the competences described in the AMC1 SFCL.325 FI(s) competences and assessment, we can see that during the introductory flight the FI's performance complies with almost all the competency indicators.
As a general rule, we can be sure that in an introductory flight the minimums described in AMC2 SFCL.130 SPL (5) list of excercise (1), (2), (3), (4) and partly (5) (primary effect of the controls) are fulfilled.
By checking in addition to the ICAO DOC.9995 the description of the competences applicable to an FI and their relative observable elements, we can see that during an introductory flight we should observe the vast majority of the descriptor elements of competence, in particular IE1; IE2; IE3; IE4.
From the above I consider that, for the purpose of computing recent experience, these flights should be able to be recorded in the log book as instructional flights since, for safety purposes, it is not the formalism that is the activity actually performed.
I would like to know your opinion and more particularly the official EASA position on this matter, which I cannot deduce from the regulations.
Happy landings to all!
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