A Pilot Proficiency Program (PPP) Entails:

A Pilot Proficiency Program (PPP) is a comprehensive initiative designed to enhance the skills and knowledge of pilots, ensuring they maintain a high level of proficiency in flying aircraft safely and efficiently. The program typically encompasses various aspects of pilot training, including recurrent training, simulator sessions, flight reviews, and ongoing education. Components of a Pilot Proficiency Program include:

Recurrent Training: Regular training sessions to review and reinforce essential flying skills, emergency procedures, and regulatory updates. These sessions often include both ground instruction and flight simulator exercises.

Flight Reviews: Periodic evaluations conducted by qualified instructors to assess a pilot’s performance and proficiency in operating an aircraft. Flight reviews typically cover maneuvers, navigation, communication, and emergency procedures.

Simulator Training: Utilization of flight simulators to simulate various flight scenarios, including emergencies, adverse weather conditions, and system failures. Simulator training allows pilots to practice skills in a safe and controlled environment.

Continuing Education: Encouragement and support for pilots to pursue ongoing education and training opportunities, such as advanced certifications, specialized courses, and seminars on topics relevant to aviation safety and proficiency.

Safety Seminars and Workshops: Participation in seminars, workshops, and safety conferences to stay updated on the latest industry trends, best practices, and safety initiatives.

Mentorship Programs: Pairing less experienced pilots with seasoned mentors to provide guidance, support, and practical advice for enhancing proficiency and developing good airmanship.

Flight Data Analysis: Utilization of flight data monitoring systems to analyze pilot performance, identify areas for improvement, and develop targeted training interventions.

The Hewison Aviation Pilot Proficiency Program aims to promote a culture of continuous improvement and safety within the aviation community, ensuring that pilots remain proficient, knowledgeable, and prepared to handle any situation they may encounter during flight.

THE HEWISON AVIATION PILOT PROFICIENCY PROGRAM

We have taken our standard training program and combined it with some advanced procedures we use in aircraft control. We have developed a proficiency course that teaches you how to fly all the BASIC maneuvers you are supposed to know how to do and apply those skills to advance aircraft control for normal flying. It is not an unusual attitude and emergency recovery program. It is the normal flying you are supposed to know, but do not. We use normal airplanes you would be expected to fly. You can and will be taught how to do a power-off stall with or without flaps and maintain control throughout a 1500-foot loss of altitude while making left and right turns to headings. You will find out just how safe and controllable your airplane is and it’s much more fun to fly.

At the end of this program, you will come up abeam the end of the runway on downwind pull the power to idle, throw out full flaps and do a slipping 180 approach to touchdown. Everything is done within the limits of the airplane because everything mentioned does not get close to the limits.

*If you are a CFI or working on a CFI certificate you can do this program from the right seat.
*This program will meet the Flight Review requirement and we will be happy to sign that off in your logbook.

The Instructor

The instructors are well versed in all the maneuvers and use these standards in all our programs. They must meet some in-house requirements in order to instruct in this program. Most are aerobatic and tailwheel qualified. As we say, “There are no children working here.”

The Airplane

This program is for the little airplanes. We use Piper Cherokees, and the Aeronica Champ (you will fly tailwheel for at least one hour). We can use yours if it’s not some weird machine built in a garage or there are only a couple of them in the world. We need to be named insured on your insurance if we fly your airplane. You will find the program is best suited for the single engine fixed gear airplane to be most beneficial. At the end of the program, we would be most happy to fly with you in your airplane to extend the skills learned.

Length of Time

Plan on a five-hour flight program and two hours of ground training. You can do it in 2.5 days if you want to do it all at once otherwise a normal flight schedule will do. The cost will be around $1,000.00. We are here seven days a week. When contacting the dispatch desk or emailing please provide certificates, ratings and general flight time. 

* THIS PROGRAM IS DESIGNED FOR A CURRENT PILOT WHO HAS RECENT EXPERIENCE. IF YOU HAVE NOT FLOWN FOR MANY MONTHS OR YEARS, YOU CAN EXPECT TO TAKE EXTRA TIME TO GET BACK INTO BASIC PROFICIENCY BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO THE 5 HOUR PROGRAM.

Scheduling

When scheduling for the program we normally need two weeks or more advance notice and a deposit of $1,000.00 will be required. This program is available 7 days a week.