Operating Procedures
- New members are required to conduct their first flight in a
club airplane with a Club approved CFI. Upon successful
completion of the flight, the instructor shall write in their logbook
endorsing the successful demonstration of the pilot’s ability to
exercise their privileges of a pilot-in-command in one of the Club’s
airplanes. The new member shall send a photo copy of the
endorsement to the Treasurer. The CFI’s logbook endorsement shall
state the following:
[insert the member’s name] holder of certificate [insert the member’s
certificate number] has satisfactorily completed a
Flying 20 Club Check Ride, [insert
Certified
Flight Instructor’s signature] [insert Certified Flight Instructor’s
certificate number] [insert Certified Flight Instructor’s certificate
expiration date].
- A reservation is one continuous block of time as entered in
the Club reservation system. Currently the club uses a
web/telephone
based product known as Schedule Master, further information can be
obtained from the Treasurer.
- As previously stated in the By Laws, any member whose dues and
flying charges are more than sixty days in arrears may not continue
his/her flying privilege. The member’s privileges to schedule
future flights as well as his/her current schedule may be cancelled
unless an acceptable payment plan is put into effect. Acceptable
shall mean an agreement between the senior officers and the delinquent
member or an agreement between the Executive Board and the delinquent
member.
- Scheduled Use:
- A club member may have four (4) reservations on
the books at any one time within the following limits:
- Weekends: A weekend is any Saturday and
Sunday, and in the case of a Holiday Weekend (3 days), a
Friday/Saturday or Sunday/Monday constitutes a weekend if the member
does not utilize the full three days of the Holiday weekend.
- Consecutive weekends may not be reserved for a given
airplane.
- Weekend use is limited to one per month for a given
airplane.
- Seven (7) or more consecutive days may be scheduled a
maximum of two times per year including a maximum of one such block
between May 1 and October 31. A maximum of 14 days with one full
weekend is included.
- Members knowing they will be late for a reservation should
change their reservation in schedule master as soon as the member is
aware of a required change. Any other member without notification
can use the plane forty-five minutes after the scheduled time. It
is proper member etiquette to attempt to contact the member prior to
taking the airplane.
- The following, greyed out, was deleted on
October 28, 2006:
c. Long reservations in which the airplane
will be kept at Danbury
Airport (Reliant):
- A reservation in which a
member will fly for
example (five days in a row from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. each day)
should be made by requesting a schedule master manager to make the
reservation(s).
- If a member wishes to make a reservation for a period
and this reservation will consist of many flight segments, where each
segment terminates at Danbury airport, such as sight-seeing flights for
visiting friends, but within a single reservation, must post a clear
note in the airplane proclaiming his/her use as an extended CASUAL
reservation. Other members must observe this note and call the
member holding the reservation to obtain permission to use the airplane
during the CASUAL use times. This note will ensure another member
will not inadvertently assume the plane is available pursuant to
paragraph 4 b above.
- Scheduling Deviations may be requested at any regular or
Executive Board meeting as follows:
- Any member may request a specific deviation to
the
clubs scheduling rules at any regular or Executive Board meeting, or by
speaking to a Senior Officer (President, Vice President, Treasurer or
Secretary).
- Members requesting repetitive deviations for flight training;
for
example a new rating or certificate, may request the privilege of
scheduling additional reservations, beyond the four (4) normally
provided. When this exception has been approved, the member will be
given the temporary ability to schedule more than four (4)
reservations. The additional flights will be used for training
purposes only and will be so noted in the reservation. Each scheduled
reservation period must be for the estimated training flight time
only. Members are expected to use the additional reservation
privileges in the spirit granted.
- It must be recognized that members planning to use a plane
early the next morning are exposed to finding his/her scheduled plane
low on fuel.
Pilots Responsibilities:
- Each member is responsible for maintaining his/her
pilot’s certificate, medical certificate, biennial flight review
endorsement and meeting FAA recency requirements. Copies of the
member’s pilot certificate, medical certificate and biennial flight
review endorsement must be provided to the Treasurer. If a member
does not meet any of these requirements he/she must refrain from flying.
- Each member is responsible to understand the limitations and
provision of the insurance coverage. A member is responsible
for damage in excess of the provisions of the policy as well as the
current deductible if the club has to pay the deductible.
- Each member must comply with all relevant FAR's and is
responsible for damage not covered if this provision is violated.
- Each member is responsible to ascertain that the proper
documentation conforming to FAA regulations is on board during
his/her use (Airworthy Certificate, Registrations, Flight Data).
- When a member is unable to return the airplane on time,
he/she should call the next members scheduled, if applicable, or change
the reservation in schedule master. If the reason is due to the
airplane being not flyable, notify the appropriate Flight Officer
and/or Associate Flight Officer.
- Each member using a Club plane is responsible for tying the
plane down securely, turning off all switches, locking controls,
closing windows, locking doors, placing the cover on the plane and
having the plane refueled.
- Maintain cleanliness - remove litter after use.
- Each member must record his/her use of a Club airplane in
the time log. Time recorded is both TACH and HOBBS time.
- Each member must report equipment deficiencies in the Squawk
Book. A call to the Flight Officer or Associate Flight Officer
should be made as soon as is practicable.
- Currency/Recency Requirement: Members are required to meet
all FAA recency requirements for the type of flight they plan to
undertake. This requirement includes, but is not limited to, meeting
the requirement to have a current biennial review, appropriate recency
for carrying passengers (either day or night) and if applicable
appropriate instrument recency.
Smoking in Club planes is prohibited.
Except for intended use, the fire extinguisher is not to be
removed from the aircraft.
Any member may authorize emergency repairs up to $300.00.
Emergency repairs in excess of $300.00 must be approved by one of
senior officers subject to review by Executive Board.
The club will pay for pre-heats when the outside air
temperature is below freezing or pay one half the cost of hanger
warm-ups. Members are encouraged to pre-heat on cold days to
ensure the engine oil is viscous, thereby prolonging engine life.
Any member finding an airplane unsecured as per Pilot
Responsibilities 5.f above, should note the issue in the Time
Log. In addition, notify the appropriate Flight Officer as soon
as practicable.
All non-revenue producing time flown by club members in
club aircraft must be approved by a member of the Executive
Board. All members flying non-revenue flights must log their name
and the purpose of the non-revenue flight in the time log in the
airplane.
Regular Club meetings are scheduled monthly on the second
Wednesday of the month beginning at 8:00 p.m. and the annual meeting is
schedule[d] for the September or October [was just September, changed around
2007] meeting each year.
Treasurers’ Compensation shall be one hour of flight
time per month.
Insurance: The Club is covered by a single limit of one
million dollars of liability coverage for bodily injury, property
damage (including passengers), with a liability limit of $100,000 per
seat.. Aircraft are insured against
collision for their current market value with a $1000 deductible for
any accidents (in motion/not in motion). The pilot is responsible
for the deductible. Each seat is insured for $2,500 in medical
payments.
Member Qualifications: A private pilot certificate,
current medical, biennial and a checkout in a Piper Archer by a CFI are
required (refer to our operating procedures for further details).
Use of the Dakota requires 5 hours in type for a pilot with more than
100 hours total time, or 10 hours in type for pilot with less than 100
hours total time. A copy of the pilot’s certificate, medical and
log book
entry showing the current biennial must be submitted with the
application for membership. The Club checkout may be done in one
of the Club’s aircraft with a CFI.
Costs:
- Initiation fee (one time)
Three month introductory trial membership: $500
Conversion from 3-month to full membership: $500 (this is automatic
after three months)
Full membership fee can be paid up front.
- Current dues are $125
per month (as of June 1,
2008). There is an additional assessment for
the two annual dinner meetings whether one attends or not. This
is designed to encourage members to attend the big meetings, and to allow
the club to plan for them.
- Aircraft Charges for November
2009:
The dry
rate is constant (it increased as of June 1, 2008), but the gas costs
are adjusted monthly based on fuel
prices at Reliant. Charges are based on Tach time (rather
than hobbs time) in order to encourage fuel and
engine conservation.
Archer II (8237B): $71.00/hr dry + 44.80/hr
gas (10 gal/hr) =
$115.80
Archer III (455H): $71.00/hr dry + 44.80/hr
gas (10 gal/hr) = $115.80
Dakota (8107B): $91.00/hr dry + 67.20/hr
gas (15 gal/hr) =
$158.20
- Fuel credit for members purchasing fuel on their own also
varies monthly based on fuel prices at Reliant. The November 2009
fuel credit is $4.51/gallon.
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