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Professional Pilots Refresher Course

Hands On Refresher Course

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The low cost alternative to keeping manual skills sharp.

Most airline piloting is done via automated systems that pilots closely monitor.  Pilots use manual flying skills only briefly during takeoffs and landings.  Studies and accident investigations raised concerns that manual flying skills are getting rusty and that pilots have a difficult time staying focused on instruments for long periods.

Transportation Department’s Office of Inspector General found that five of 19 airline flight simulator training programs reviewed by investigators specifically mentioned pilot hand flying skills.  

In 2013, the FAA issued a safety alert to airlines encouraging them to promote opportunities for pilots to practice manual flying in day-to-day operations and during pilot training.

​The FAA published these new rules in 2013 requiring airlines to update their training programs to enhance manual flying skills.  Airlines aren’t required to comply with the rules until sometime in 2019.

As automation increases, pilots have fewer opportunities to use manual flying skills. Industry studies and committees have found that pilots who don’t get to use their manual flying skills may not be prepared to handle unexpected events. 
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Clay Foushee, the FAA’s director of audits and evaluations, said in comments submitted to the inspector general that the FAA is concerned about “an overreliance on automation and the importance of training pilots to handle unexpected events and manually fly an aircraft.”
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He said the FAA agrees with a recommendation about developing standards to determine whether pilots have enough opportunities to practice manual flying skills.

Our Professional Pilot Refresher Course gives aviators an opportunity to freshen up those hands on skills.  Focusing on Angle of Attack and stabilized approaches.  

For more information, please inquire.

Contact us for a custom proposal designed for your flight crews.

With excellent crosswind training grounds an active airspace, and advanced avionics similar to your fleet, including flight director, our program is designed to give your pilots hands on flying scenarios at the same airspeed envelope as large transport category aircraft.  Approaches can be flown up to 180 knots.  

Enhance skills.  Enhance safety.  Enhance Value.

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  • Intro Flights
    • Learn to Fly !
    • First Lesson Tutorials
    • Top Gun Intro Flight
    • Kids !
    • Zero to Solo Week
    • Future Airline Pilots >
      • 62 Lesson Package
      • Professional Pilots Refresher
    • Pre-Checkride PPL
    • Parachute Safety >
      • Corporate Team Building
      • # 1 in Safety
  • Ground School Sign Up
    • Ground School Review >
      • Private Pilot >
        • Private Pilot Lesson 1 Aerodynamics
        • Private Pilot Lesson 2 Systems
        • Private Pilot Lesson 3 Instruments
        • Private Pilot Lesson 4 Regulations
        • Private Pilot Lesson 5 Airport Operations
        • Private Pilot Lesson 6 Weather
        • Private Pilot Lesson 7 Weather Reports
        • Private Pilot Lesson 8 Performance
        • Private Pilot Lesson 9 Enroute
        • Private Pilot Lesson 10 Navigation
        • Private Pilot Lesson 11 Communications
        • Private Pilot Lesson Final Exam
      • IFR Course >
        • IFR Lesson 1 Weather
        • IFR Lesson 2 Weather B
        • IFR Lesson 3 Instruments
        • IFR Lesson 4 Navigation
        • IFR Lesson 5 Regulations
        • IFR Lesson 6 Departures
        • IFR Lesson 7 Enroute
        • IFR Lesson 8 Approaches
        • IFR Lesson 9 Final Exam
      • Drone Pilot
      • Guest Speaker Series
      • VIP Tutoring
  • Visiting Pilots
    • Rental
    • Outer Islands
    • Hana Airport
    • Big Island XC
    • Honolulu Class B Ops
    • Kauai Day Trip
    • Fab 4
    • Angle of Attack Training
    • Landing Clinic
    • 10 Day IFR Rating
    • BFR Flight Review
    • Future Cirrus Owners
    • IFR Currency >
      • Avidyne IFR procedures
    • Spouse Training
    • Instructor
    • Astronauts
  • AOPA Members
  • Contact
    • Lodging Specials
    • Our Restaurant Picks
    • Fun things on Maui
    • A review by you would mean the world to us!
  • Pilots Guide to Hawaii