This briefing sheet tells a CFI what he needs to know to instruct members effectively in our airplane.

1. Becoming Club-Approved

   1. Q: What must you do to become a Club-approved CFI?
      A: You must supply written affirmation that you carry CFI insurance, a Club Director must brief you over Club By-Laws and Operating Procedures, and the Board of Directors must approve your request.

   2. Q: Does Club-approved status expire?
      A: Yes, it expires six months after the last time you instruct in our airplane. To renew, you must reaffirm your carriage of CFI insurance, receive a new briefing from a Club Director, and the Board must approve your renewal. You are responsible for keeping track of your expiration date and renewing your approval whenever you need to do so.

   3. Q: Can Club-approved status be revoked?
      A: Yes, the Board can revoke Club-approved status at any time, for any reason. However, it must notify you in writing when it does so.

2. Insurance

   1. Q: When you are acting as a CFI in our airplane, does our club's insurance policy cover you?
      A: No. You are insured only if you provide your own insurance that covers you when you instruct in our airplane. Our club's insurance covers only Ace Flying Club of Endicott, Inc. and the member receiving instruction.

   2. Q: May you instruct our members in our airplane without providing your own CFI insurance?
      A: No. Our Board of Directors requires you or your flight school to insure you whenever you instruct our members in our airplane.

3. CFI Currency

   1. Q: What currency requirements does our Board require you to meet when you instruct our member or pinch-hitter student in our airplane?
      A: You must be Club-approved, your CFI insurance must be in force, your CFI certificate must be current, and you must meet all requirements specified by Federal Aviation Regulations as if you were going to be pilot-in-command for the lesson. This includes currency for passenger carriage and currency for the lesson conditions (night, IMC, and so on).

4. Operation of Club Equipment

   1. Q: Who may operate club equipment?
      A: An active member in good standing may operate club equipment. Non-members listed on the club's insurance policy as approved pilots may also operate club equipment.

   2. Q: May you use our airplane for your own personal reasons, or for instructing people who are not club members or club pinch-hitter students?
      A: No. A Club-approved CFI's use privileges for our airplane are limited to the instructing of our members or our pinch-hitter students.

5. Scheduling

   1. Q: Who may reserve the airplane? How does one reserve the airplane?
      A: Any active member in good standing, or any pinch hitter student being sponsored by an active member in good standing, may reserve the airplane. To reserve it, use our Internet-based reservation facility.

   2. Q: Suppose one reserves the airplane and doesn't show up. When does his reservation expire?
      A: For a cross-country flight of 8 hours or more, the reservation expires in one hour. All other reservations expire in fifteen minutes.

   3. Q: What conditions justify returning the airplane late? Whom does one contact when he is going to be late?
      A: No club document answers the first question. One must use his very best courtesy and very best judgement. Remember that someone might be waiting for the airplane, but do not do anything unsafe. If one is going to be late, he should call a Board member so that we can notify members who might be waiting.

6. Currency and Check Rides

   1. Q: What are the club's PIC currency and experience requirements?
      A: See our Operating Procedures.

   2. Q: What check rides might a club-approved instructor be called on to administer?
      A: See our Operating Procedures. The formal club check ride is defined on our check ride sheet.

   3. Q: How is a club-approved CFI to record successful completion of Club check rides?
      A: Use our checkout affirmation form. Mail the completed form to the Secretary-Treasurer.

7. Preflight

   1. Q: Where is the airplane's POH kept? How can you get your own copy?
      A: The original POH is in the blue tub in the baggage compartment. The original POH is never to leave the airplane. The Secretary-Treasurer lends each member a copy when he joins. If you need a copy, ask the Secretary-Treasurer to lend you one.

   2. Q: Where is the airplane's current weight and balance information kept?
      A: It is in the original POH, which is in the blue tub in the baggage compartment. There are also copies in our maintenance log book, and in our tachometer log book, and on our web page.

   3. Q: How does one use the preheat system?
      A: See our preheat instruction sheet or look at the hard copy in the tachometer notebook.

   4. Q: How does one use the fuel dipping tube?
      A: See our fueling instruction sheet or look at the hard copy in the tachometer notebook.

   5. Q: Where is the club's fuel charge card kept? What may you charge on it? Where may you use it?
      A: It's in the black zipper pouch in the tachometer notebook. An active member in good standing may charge anything that would normally constitute a club-borne expense (fuel, oil, remote maintenance). No other persons may charge items on the club's fuel card. The card is good at any Air BP FBO.

8. Flight Operations

   1. Q: From what areas may one operate our airplane?
      A: Only from those areas designated by the FAA as public or private airports, except in case of an emergency.

   2. Q: Is one permitted to operate the airplane on an unpaved runway? What about an unlighted runway?
      A: Unpaved, yes. Unlighted, only in daytime.

9. Putting It Away

   1. Q: What are the pilot-in-command's responsibilities when he returns the airplane to Tri-Cities?
      A: See our Operating Procedures.

   2. Q: How is the pilot-in-command to secure the airplane when it is away from Tri-Cities overnight?
      A: See our Operating Procedures.

10. Maintenance

    1. Q: Whom does the pilot-in-command contact when the airplane has a mechanical problem? What are his name and phone number?
       A: Call the club's Maintenance Officer. His name and telephone numbers are on the tachometer log sheet.

    2. Q: Suppose you find the airplane to be unsafe for flight. Can you ground the airplane? Whom should you call?
       A: Yes, you can. Put an obvious note or sign on the pilot's yoke and then call the Maintenance Officer immediately. The Maintenance Officer's name and telephone numbers are on the tachometer log sheet.

    3. Q: What does the pilot-in-command do if the airplane needs maintenance remotely?
       A: Call the Maintenance Officer and get instructions. His name and telephone numbers are on the tachometer log sheet.

    4. Q: Where are the airplane's maintenance logs kept? How do you get access to them?
       A: The maintenance log book is in the club's locker in the hangar at Tri-Cities. The locker key is kept in the airplane in the black pouch in the tachometer log. The maintenance log book is extremely valuable and irreplaceable. Do not remove it from the vicinity of the locker unless you obtain permission from the Maintenance Officer.

11. If Something Goes Wrong

    1. Q: What are the pilot-in-command's responsibilities in the event of an accident?
       A: In addition to his normal obligations to the FAA and NTSB, he must contact our Board of Directors as soon as possible.

Revised March 20, 2006