situations. Perhaps this ref lects
the changeable weather and
knowledge gained from accidents
and incidents over many years.
The author was given a lengthy
written questionnaire about
emergencies, for example, rising oil
pressure, procedures at different
airfields, take-off and landing
performance, weather interpretation
and aircraft speeds. The flying itself
was all in non-controlled airspace,but included extensive handling and
an overhead rejoin.
Tim Steele, CFI at Auckland
Aero Club at Ardmore (www.
aac.org.nz), says “The key point is
to check that pilots have at least
maintained the standard of flying
required on issue of their PPL.” He
also likes to ensure pilots are up to
speed with changes in met, airspace,
rules and procedures that have
occurred in the previous two years.Says Steele “Decision
making should improve with
experience.” He looks to not
only tick the boxes, but to
also add value for pilots by
growing their skills. He notes
that time under the hood
is not required for a PPL
renewal in NZ but thinks
it a good idea and notes
that some mountain flying
awareness training is often
added during FRs now.
His emphasis is on
handling and decision
making, especially around
getting ahead of rapidly changing
weather, or engine failure, with
FLWOP competency critical.Common mistakes
The common mistake that Steele
sees is a lack of appreciation of real-
world emergencies. “Pilots may say
they would do a MAYDAY call
and brief passengers, but they lose
the appreciation of the fact this
could actually happen to them oneday. They should do it as if engine
failure has actually happened and
practice for a real emergency.”
Steel recommends pilots do
something different between FRs
with dual instruction that hones
skills not normally practiced: a type
rating in a new aircraft, a night rating
or a mountain flying course.
“In looking to do a FR, read up
on all the procedures before you get
anywhere near an aeroplane, it makes
an enormous difference,” Steele says.
It’s often stated that you learn
something every time you fly with
another pilot. In the case of FRs in
two countries, you can square that.Both FRs were flown in the class
cockpit C182T, first VH-DDS in
Australia, in October for 3.8 hours,
reflecting the cross country and
time under the hood, and second
ZK-JRY (with integrated autopilot
and traffic) in NZ, in November,
which took 1.3 hours. Charge-out
rates in NZ were A$374 (dual) and
A$323 (solo) compared with A$452
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