Public Documents
The following documents have been made available by SAFE and others free of charge as a public service to the aviation community.
Syllabi & Checkride Checklists (online versions)
- Sport Pilot Training Syllabus (courtesy Doug Stewart, MCFI & DPE)
- Recreational Pilot Training Course Outline (courtesy Eric Radtke, Sporty’s Academy, Inc.)
- Part 61 Private Private Training Syllabus (courtesy Scott O’Brien, MCFI)
- Private Pilot, Instrument Rating, Commercial Pilot, & Helicopter Flight Syllabi(courtesy Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc.)
- Syllabi and Checkride Checklists for Private Pilot, Instrument Rating, & Commercial Pilot (courtesy Qref Quick Reference Media)
Training Aids, Bulletins, etc.
- Guidelines for Pilots Seeking All-Attitude Training — Prepared by MCFI-A Rich Stowell as part of the 2012 FAA Safety Stand Down on “Loss of Control” (06Jan2012)
- Use of Aircraft Issued Experimental Airworthiness Certificates in Flight Instruction for Compensation or Hire — FAA guidance on the issuance of a Letter of Deviation Authority (LODA) to instruct in experimental aircraft (24May2011)
- Advisory Circular: Airman Transition to Experimental or Unfamiliar Airplanes — provides “needed guidance to owners and pilots of experimental airplanes and to flight instructors who teach in these airplanes [emphasis added]“ (30Mar2011)
- Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin – Maneuvering Speed (18Jan2011)
- Training Aid, “Teaching MOAs and Restricted Areas” (01Dec2010)
Model Codes of Conduct
- Flight Instructors Model Code of Conduct
- Student Pilots Model Code of Conduct
- Aviation Maintenance Technicians Model Code of Conduct
- Other Model Codes of Conduct (Aviators, Glider Aviators, Light Sport Aviators, Seaplane Pilots)
Notices of Proposed RuleMaking
- SAFE Response to NPRM on Pilot Photo IDs (17Jan2011)
- SAFE Response to NPRM on Helicopter Flight Rules (10Jan2011)
- SAFE Response to FAA regarding FIRCs and 61.197 (06Dec2010)
Reports
- SAFE Report to Airman Testing and Training Standards ARC: Survey results on four key scorecard issues (16Oct2011)
- SAFE Report to AFS 630: Survey results with comments — “Should the FAA notify the flight training industry before it makes changes to the test question bank?” (20Apr2011)
- SAFE’s “2010 – The Year in Review”
