The Global Need for Very Light Jet VLJ Training Best Practices

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The Global Need forVery Light Jet (VLJ) Training
Best Practices

• a process for ensuring uniform VLJ pilot
  competence

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What is a VLJ?
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The market training opportunity

• How big is this market and what does it mean to
  training providers?
• The aviation community has no experience with a
  new class of aircraft entering the fleet at this
  pace. -- FAA Office of Accident Investigation
• will place real pressure on the availability
  of qualified pilots and mechanics. -- FAA
  Office of Accident Investigation

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The regulatory environment

• Many international differences in how a pilot
  trains for a type rating and the related
  experience requirements
• Will additional training (e.g. mentoring) be
  required by regulation?
• Will there need to be a mentoring program
  acceptable to insurers?
• Consensus on training best practices is a
  challenge without regulator support

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What is needed?

• Pilot certificate is just the beginning
• Not unique to U.S. but consider
• Part 121/135 require IOE
• Part 91 does not
• A licensure-training gap exists
• Is additional regulation needed?

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What is a standard?

• Voluntary agreements between stakeholders to
  level playing field
• Created through a process that develops
  stakeholder consensus
• Goal of VLJ training standards
• To increase the probability of safe VLJ flight
  operations

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SAE International

• Maintains over 8,300 aerospace technical
  standards created by volunteer stakeholders
• SAE G-10 Aerospace Behavioral Engineering
  Technology Committee (ABET) produces human
  factors guidance
• Aerospace Recommended Practice (ARP)
• Intended as a guide toward standard practice and
  can change to keep pace with industry experience

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Who are the stakeholders?

• VLJ owner-pilots (and prospective owner-pilots)
• VLJ operators (and prospective operators) such as
  air taxi and air charter businesses
• VLJ mentors (and prospective mentors)
• VLJ instructor pilots (or prospective instructor
  pilots)
• VLJ training providers

• VLJ airframe manufacturers
• VLJ avionics manufacturers
• VLJ powerplant manufacturers
• Aviation insurers
• Aviation regulators
• Associations (e.g. NBAA, AOPA, GAMA, IUAI, etc.)

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VLJ Training Standards Discussion Group

• Industry-wide stakeholder discussion begun in Dec
  06
• Goals
• To identify key issues and concerns relating to
  VLJ pilot training
• To help find ways to address them
• Process
• Phase-1 Identifying a Need
• Phase-2 Consensus Building

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Stakeholder issues and concerns

• Mentor standardization
• Role of a mentor
• Mentor qualifications
• Mentor selection
• Mentor initial training
• Mentor recurrent training
• Mentor procedures

• Determining the need for a mentor
• Defining the mentors scope-of-work for an
  owner-pilot
• Mentor evaluation of owner-pilots and reporting
• Mentor management (including mentor evaluation)
• Mentor liability

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Typical discussion questions

• Should there be a standardized mentoring program
  for VLJ owner-pilots?
• What is the role of a VLJ mentor?
• What are the qualifications for a VLJ mentor?
• How should VLJ mentors be selected?
• How should the VLJ mentor fit into the regulatory
  process?

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Stakeholder consensus

• There needs to be some form of additional pilot
  experience required beyond a type rating
• This experience will probably be required by OEM
  and/or insurers
• This additional training should be defined by
  industry standard(s)

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An SAE International Standards invitation

• February 2007 SAE International invited the VLJ
  Training Discussion Group to submit a proposal
  to develop ARPs for
• Qualifying and training pilots for a VLJ type
  rating
• Qualifying and training pilots as VLJ mentors
• Managing a VLJ mentoring program

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SAE action August 2007

• Proposal submitted to the SAE G-10 Aerospace
  Behavioral Engineering Technology (ABET)
  Committee
• Proposal accepted by G-10 Board
• VLJ training best practices to become focus of
  G-10 Realistic Training Subcommittee

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Current SAE focus

• Goal to define those best practices that
  enhance the safety and viability of the VLJ
  market
• Create a foundation of experience to be used to
  structure proficiency development programs
• No intent to tell any manufacturer how to conduct
  training or mentoring

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Proposed scope of work

• Define the best practices by which a VLJ
  post-type rating training curriculum and its
  underlying performance criteria are developed
• Identify the specific knowledge, skills, and
  abilities needed by a VLJ mentor
• Identify and recommend the best practices needed
  to effectively implement and manage a VLJ
  mentoring program

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How you can participate

• SAE Standards Committee members participate as
  individuals
• Any person who has an interest and expertise in
  the activities of a committee can request
  membership
• If you would like to become a member of our
  Subcommittee, send me an e-mail requesting an
  application

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For more information

• Leave me your business card
• or send a message to
• RBarnesAZ_at_att.net