99s ANNUAL PROFICIENCY TRAINING (APT)

Southwest Section Proficiency Training Program

The Proficiency Training Program has been designed to encourage participation in annual proficiency training by all chapters and all members. Events will be held locally by each chapter and will consist of a combination of hosting a safety seminar or other ground based pilot proficiency activity, finding instructors willing to fly with members to achieve Wings certification and members flying with instructors toward new ratings, check rides, or other flight training. Chapters can report quarterly as to their progress for publication.

The goal is to encourage participation in the Wings Program as well as ongoing re-currency training to enable all chapters to participate and to include non-flier involvement. The award will be based on how many total members participate, not just how many active pilots take part so as not to penalize chapters with non-flying members. We will acknowledge and encourage participation by publishing in the Southwesterly and on the website, chapter names and the percentage of participants. We emphasize that all members can participate and earn credit, not just the flying ones.

The activities will span one year from January 1 through December 31. For 2001 trophies will be awarded according to the current APT program. Beginning January 1, 2002 we will use the new Proficiency Training forms. Recognition will be given at the Spring Southwest Section meeting based on the reports on file with the Section Proficiency Chairman. A chapter proficiency chairman, appointed by the Chapter Chairman, will coordinate, recognize and report activities at the chapter level and to the Section Proficiency Chairman.

The following procedures detail aspects of the program.

Ground-based Activities

Qualifying activities include:

a)      FAA Safety Seminars

b)      Industry-conducted re-currency training - includes simulator training and research studies.

c)      Physiological training - example - high altitude chamber

d)      Aviation judge training - such as NIFA judging, or WPFC judging

e)      Aviation judging - NIFA, WPFC, etc.

f)       Flight Instructor re-currency ground training

g)      Aircraft maintenance training - such as Cessna Power plant Course.

h)      Attendance at AOPA Town Meeting and Seminars

i)        An FAA ground school course, mountain flying, floatplane or CAP training courses, etc.

j)        Parachute ground training.

k)      Participating/putting on' attending a Fly4n.

Flight Activities

Qualifying activities include:

a)      Wings certification - any level

b)      Biannual Flight Review (BFR), and/or a Annual Proficiency Training ride (APT)

c)      Instrument Competency Check (ICC)

d)      Any new rating.

e)      Check out in new aircraft type - high-performance, tail wheel, glider, ultralight, floatplane, etc.

f)       Flight Instructor re-currency

g)  Check rides with organizations such as Angel Flight, Los Medicos, Flying Samaritans, Civil Air Patrol, Sheriffs Patrol, etc.

h)      First Parachute jump

i)        Fly-ins

Duties of the Chapter Proficiency Chairman

a)      Validate all submittals

b)      Maintain records of all members’ activities

c)      Send report of chapter activities, including completed forms from each member participating, to the Section Proficiency Chairman by deadline.

d)      Multiple submittals can be noted on the form for a member but credit can only be counted once for each member. We want everyone to participate.

e)      Acknowledge activities in your newsletters and at meetings. The PTP cards will be distributed to the chapters at the Spring Section Meeting.

f)       Qualifying activities will often overlap other awards and may be counted for both awards.

Selection of Award Winners

The Phoenix Chapter's local APT chairman is Sherlyn Halloran.  Contact Sherlyn for additional information. 

Click the link below to obtain a copy of the APT form

PROFICIENCY TRAINING PROGRAM