Category Archives: From the SAFE Chair

SAFE Update – 03/15/2010

By Doug Stewart | Published: March 15, 2010
Greetings SAFE Members, Well, here it is…  that time of the year when once again we have to change our clocks and watches as we switch from standard time to daylight savings time. For those who can’t remember what to do, that old mnemonic of “spring ahead” helps to remind us. I am happy to say [...]
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SAFE Embarks on Bold Membership Drive

By Rich Stowell | Published: February 28, 2010
The Society of Aviation and Flight Educators (SAFE) has initiated an incentives-based membership drive where SAFE members themselves are being tasked with recruiting new members. The goal of the Member Get-a-Member campaign – dubbed The GAME PLAN™ – is to add 500 new members to the organization’s ranks before AirVenture in July 2010. According to SAFE [...]
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SAFE Update, 02/16/2010

By Doug Stewart | Published: February 17, 2010
Greetings SAFE Members, This past month has brought many parts of the country to a virtual standstill, what with measurable snow in all 50 states. But whereas aviation came to a halt, with airplanes grounded, and airports closed, even in parts of the country where they “never” get snow, SAFE has continued to grow and move forward, sometimes [...]
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Cessna signs contract with SAFE for sponsorship

By Doug Stewart | Published: February 8, 2010
SAFE Chairman, Doug Stewart, announced this afternoon, that Cessna and SAFE had signed a contract for Cessna to provide the exclusive sponsorship of the SAFE website through December, 2011.  According to Cessna Pilot Centers Manager, Julie Filucci, “Cessna has long recognized the important symbiotic relationship between building airplanes and teaching people how to fly them. This is embodied in [...]
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SAFE solicits member input to respond to FAA ANPRM

By Doug Stewart | Published: February 5, 2010
The FAA, In an effort to enhance airline safety following last year’s Colgan Air accident in Buffalo, NY, has announced an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) which will be published next week in the Federal Register and will have a 60-day comment period. The FAA is soliciting recommendations to improve pilot qualification and training requirements. Specific areas [...]
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New SAFE Forum now Live!

By Doug Stewart | Published: January 25, 2010
Dear SAFE Member,  I am pleased to announce that SAFE’s new, moderated, and pop-up-ad-free Forum is open for business! To kick things, off, we’ve seeded the new Forum with more than forty sub-topics divided into the following half-dozen broad categories: * Features Check-out * General Discussions * Nuts, Bolts, & Electrons * The Paperwork * Type-Specific * Education Issues We have set up permissions [...]
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SAFE Board of Directors Nominations

By Doug Stewart | Published: January 24, 2010
Dear SAFE Members, The Governance Committee is seeking nominations for the following board positions for 2010. You may nominate yourself or someone else, if the person is agreeable to run for the specified terms and meets the requirements listed below. The prospective candidate should provide Sherry Rossiter, member, Governance Committee, at ssrossiter@aol.com  a one to two page resume that [...]
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SAFE UPDATE – 01/16/2010

By Doug Stewart | Published: January 17, 2010
Greetings SAFE Members, It would seem that in many parts of this country winter has taken a firm grip on the weather. What with cold temperatures (they even had to de-ice airplanes in Florida), ice laden clouds, and howling winds, many of us have found some extra time in our schedules.. time spent in the furtherance of SAFE [...]
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