Gliding NZ Instructor Training Program

The Gliding New Zealand Instructor needs to achieve and maintain proficiency in four key areas:

1. Knowledge of the Pilot Training Program (PTP), MOAP, GNZ Rules, CAA Rules

2. Teach, instruct, coach and assess a trainee pilot's knowledge and understanding

3. Safely and effectively conduct airborne exercises (where approved to provide instruction)

4. Manage gliding operations, including supervision of solo pilots, emergency procedures

The Instructor Training Program (ITP) consists of the following documents:

1. Assessment Standards for Initial Issue and Category Upgrades

Instructor Assessment Standards (IAS)

2. Form to Apply for an Instructor Rating or Upgrade

Form OPS-07 Page 1

3. Form to Record Assessment Against the Standards (20 topics)

Form OPS-07 Page 2

4. Support Manual for the Teaching of Airborne Training Exercises

Instructor Support Manual (ISM) expands on the definitions in the IAS Part 3.

5. Form for Recording Exercises Approved to Teach

Form OPS-08 - applies to C-Cat and B-Cat ratings, use in conjunction with ISM

6. Use of Patter (optional)

Use of Patter - a simple and effective language for use when airborne, from BGA

7. Instructor Competency Review

Form OPS-09 is required every two years after the initial issue of an instructor rating.

Includes notes to expand the definitions. An ICR also meets the requirements for a BFR.

Instructors will need to make use of the following Operations Forms:

Biennial Flight Review

Form OPS-11 is required by every pilot who does not hold an instructor rating, and must be renewed every two years after initial issue of the XCP (or a passenger rating). Conducted by B-Cat or A-Cat.

Flight Test for Passenger Rating

Form OPS-12 is required immediately prior to completion of the XCP section of the PTP. Conducted by B-Cat or A-Cat.

Additional material is provided here:

Privileges and Rating Requirements for Instructor Categories A, B and C

Gliding NZ AC 2-04 Instructor Privileges and Currency

MOAP Section 2-4 and Appendix 2-E.

Hope is not a strategy

A great article, stolen from the AGC newsletter, who stole it from somewhere. Original author Tony Condon

I was blown away the first time I saw the Concordia. Who wouldn't be smitten by the lines of a 57:1 aspect ratio, the incredible finish, and unfathomable performance. The second time I saw the Concordia I was even more surprised by what I saw in the cockpit. A placard that reads "Hope is not a Strategy”. It gave me great confidence that a pilot with Dick Butler's resume still needed a reminder. Here is a guy who has been National Champion at least eight times and on the US Team six.

Hope has become a dirty word in my dictionary. When I hear it around the airport I tend to butt in the conversation and suggest a different approach. Depending on hope is a sign of resignation, one of the five hazardous attitudes that we learn in primary flight training. The solution is educating yourself on all aspects of any flight you undertake, keeping options open, and taking action when it is needed.

Someday the towplane is going to eat a valve or run out of gas, or that (jet, electric, piston) engine is not going to start. Have you spent the last couple years of flying analyzing your options on takeoff and contemplating all possible approaches to them? In the moment is not the time to make a plan!