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INITIAL AND RECURRENT TRAINING – PILOTS PLEASE READ AND UNDERSTAND OUR TRAINING
WE ARE HAVING PILOTS CONTACT US FOR A RECURRENT TRAINING. THESE PILOTS DID NOT DO AN INITIAL WITH US BUT WITH ANOTHER FACILITY. THEY THEN COME TO US AND THEY KNOW VERY, VERY LITTLE ABOUT THE SYSTEMS OF THE AIRCRAFT THEY ARE FLYING OR THE FLIGHT EMERGENCIES THEY MUST BE TRAINED FOR. WE DO NOT TRAIN LIKE THE OTHER FACILITIES. WE WILL NOT CHECK BOXES FOR THE INSURANCE COMPANIES. WE ARE TRYING TO SAVE YOU AND YOUR PASSENGERS LIVES. OUR TRAINING WORKS BUT AGAIN OUR TRAINING IS NOT LIKE ALL THE OTHER FACILITIES. WE WILL WORK YOU ON 40 PLUS EMERGENCIES. WE WILL ALSO WORK YOU ON THE SYSTEMS BECAUSE WE FLY AND TRAIN AND MAINTAIN THESE PLANES.
HERE IS THE PROBLEM. WE CANNOT GIVE YOU A TWO DAY RECURRENT WHEN YOU HAVE NO FOUNDATION. WE WILL LOOK AT YOUR PILOT FORM THAT YOU MUST FILL OUT TELLING US YOUR BACKGROUND AND WE WILL LOOK AT YOUR HOURS. WE WILL TRY TO EVALUATE YOU FOR A “REPEAT” RECURRENT BUT IF YOU HAVE A WEAK FOUNDATION YOU WILL PROBABLY NEED A THREE DAY TRAINING TO COVER ALL THE DETAILS WE TEACH THAT OTHERS DO NOT TEACH. THERE IS JUST NOT ENOUGH TIME IN A TWO DAY TRAINING TO DO A RECURRENT FOR PILOTS WHO HAVE NO BEGINNING BASIS TO DO A RECURRENT. YOU HAVE TO HAVE A BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF THE AIRCRAFT.
WE DO NOT TRY TO “PUSH YOU” FOR THREE DAYS (INITIAL) BECAUSE WE ARE SO BUSY. OUR SCHEDULES CAN BE TWO MONTHS OUT, BUT WE DO NOT WANT TO SHORTCUT THE TRAINING AS IT IS YOUR LIFE AND YOUR FAMILIES LIFE.
PLEASE TELL THE CONTACT PERSON WHO VISITS WITH YOU FOR A SLOT WHAT YOU REALLY NEED. YOU KNOW IF YOU KNOW THESE PLANES BUT IF YOU WENT TO ANY OTHER COURSE YOU WILL NOT HAVE THE FOUNDATION. WE HAVE SEEN THIS FOR YEARS AND WE HAVE SO MUCH TO COVER WITH YOU.
WE HAVE PILOTS WHO CALL US AND TELL US “I LEARNED ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ABOUT MY PLANE OR PROCEDURES AT “S******”. PLEASE UNDERSTAND OUR POSITION. WE WANT YOU TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE YOUR AIRCRAFT THE SAFE WAY, NOT THE FAA WAY.
WHEN YOU COME TO TRAINING YOU MUST HAVE A WORKING KNOWLEDGE OF MULTI ENGINE AIRCRAFT PROCEDURES. IF YOU TELL US “I HAVE NOT FLOWN IN 32 YEARS” WE STILL WILL RELY THAT YOU HAVE REVIEWED BASIC TWIN ENGINE TRAINING SUCH AS THAT ACCOMPLISHED IN A MULTI ENGINE CHECK RIDE. WE CANNOT START YOU OUT AT THE BEGINNING OF MULTI ENGINE TRAINING. OUR COURSES ARE AN “ADD ON” TO WHAT YOUR BASIC MULTI ENGINE COURSE WAS.
WE WORK EXTREMELY HARD JUST TO BRING MULTI ENGINE/INSTRUMENT PILOTS UP TO OUR LEVEL IN THREE DAYS OF TRAINING. OUR COURSES ARE IMBEDDED IN INSTRUMENT TRAINING AS THAT IS HOW WE TEACH THE EMERGENCIES.
WE WANT TO WORK WITH EVERYONE WE ACCEPT BUT OUR COURSE IS “OUR COURSE” AND WILL BE TAUGHT OUR WAY AS OUTLINED IN OUR SYLLABUS.
YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THE TRAINING PRESCRIBED AND APPROVED BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY. WE WILL NOT DO A ONE DAY TRAINING AS YOU CANNOT FINISH ALL THE REQUIRED TRAINING IN ONE DAY. WE CANNOT SIGN YOU OFF FOR ONE DAY OF TRAINING AND YOU DO NOT ACCOMPLISH ALL OF THE SYLLABUS. THIS WOULD CREATE A PROBLEM IF YOU HAVE A CLAIM UNDER YOUR POLICY AND YOUR CARRIER WANTS A COPY OF THE TRAINING. WE CANNOT “SHORTCUT” THE SYLLABUS. FULL TRAINING IS FOR YOUR SAFETY AND INSURANCE COVERAGE.
IF THE AIRLINE PILOTS WHO COME TO US HAVE A “DEEP RESPECT” FOR THE PROBLEMS IN MULTI RECIPROCATING ENGINE AIRCRAFT IT IS BECAUSE THEY KNOW THESE PLANES CAN BE A HAND FULL. THIS IS WHY WE TEACH THE WAY WE DO AS WE TEACH TO A SKILL SET THAT IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FROM YOUR BASIC TWIN ENGINE CHECK RIDE TRAINING. WE ARE HAPPY TO EXPLAIN WHY WHAT YOU WERE TAUGHT FOR YOUR CHECK RIDE WILL NOT WORK IN THESE LARGE MULTI ENGINE TURBOCHARGED AIRCRAFT.
THANK YOU FOR UNDERSTANDING. ONCE YOU TRAIN WTH US YOU WILL SEE WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO TEACH YOU AND WHY. WE JUST WANT YOU SAFE.
Pilot Information Form
We use this information, not only to get you on our schedule, but also to help prepare a training plan based on your experience and the areas that you are most concerned with. Our’s is not a “canned” training program. We gear the training to the pilot in front of us. Please complete this form as thoroughly as possible.
Course Deposit
We do not charge a service fee for a bank card used for deposit. If you pay the final fee after training with a bank card we do charge a 3.75% card fee. We do not like to do that but we are trying to keep our fees as low as possible for the service you receive. We prefer a check and this will allow to not be charged the credit card service fee. If you pay by check we do not collect until the last day of the course. Please read our policy on changing dates. Thank you for training with us.
Burnet Location
Burnet TX 78611
Georgetown Location
Turboprop Training
Georgetown TX 78628