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NTAS 2008: Managing Collegiate Flight Training & Preserving the Pilot Supply Pipeline  

 

Monday March 17

1700 – 1900         Registration and Reception Sponsored by Diamond Aircraft Company                                              COA Atrium

 

Tuesday March 18 Theme: Aircraft and Training Support Developments

0715 – 0800         Breakfast and Registration Sponsored by True Flight Aerospace (TFA) Tiger                                     COA Atrium

0815 – 0840         Welcome and Symposium Overview Dr. Tim Brady, Dean College of Aviation                                     GRW

0840 – 1130         Panel 1: Part 23 Training Aircraft:                                                                                            GRW

Cessna, Cirrus, Diamond, Liberty, Mooney, Tiger (True Flight Aerospace & Hortman Aviation)                                           

0940 – 1010         Break During Panel Sponsored by Talon Systems & CAPACG                                                            GRW

1140 – 1240         Lunch Sponsored by Frasca International                                                                                      COA Atrium

1250 – 1440         Panel 2: LSAs in University Training: Cessna, Cirrus, Remos, Tecnam                                             GRW

1440 – 1500         Break Sponsored by Fidelity Flight Simulation                                                                                GRW

1500 – 1720         Panel 3: Support Products: Simulation, Training Mgmt Systems, Services                                             GRW

              CAPACG, Diamond Simulation, Fidelity Flight Simulation, Frasca , Simflightronics/Simulation Standards, Talon Systems

1720 – 2000         Exhibits:                                                                                                                          AMS Hangar & Flight Line

1800 – 2100         Mexican Buffet (Open Bar) Sponsored by GA-FDM Team (Alaka’i & CAPACG)    

                          Halifax River Yacht Club -Transportation and Ride Pools departing COA starting 1800

 

Wednesday March 19 Theme: Managing a Successful Collegiate Flight Department

0715 – 0800         Breakfast Sponsored by Simflightronics & Simulation Standards                                                         COA Atrium

0810 – 0830         Workshop Charge: Working Together as Flight Training Teams         Mr. Frank Ayers, ERAU                   GRW

0830 – 1000         Panel: Fleet Operations: Flight Mgrs, Chief Pilots, Maintenance, Dispatch & Safety Officers                 GRW

1000 – 1030         Break Sponsored by Cirrus Design                                                                                                  GRW

1030 – 1150         Panel: Fleet Operations (Continued)                                                                                                              GRW

1200 – 1300         Lunch Sponsored by Frasca International                                                                                         COA Atrium

1310 – 1430         Panel: Business Management: Department Heads, Deans, Academic Chairs                                        GRW                 

1430 – 1500         Break Sponsored by Cirrus Design                                                                                                   GRW                 

1500 – 1600         Plenary Discussion: Next Steps, Formation of Institution Working Groups, Closing                                GRW

1600 – 1800         Exhibits: AMS Hangar & Flight Line Group tours to ERAU FTDs, ATM Simulator, Disorientation Trainer, Wright Flyer Simulator

1800 – 2100         Banquet Sponsored by Cessna Aircraft                                                                         John Paul Riddle Student Center

Welcome to Embry-Riddle: Dr. John Johnson, President Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Keynote: Preparing Pilot Leaders of the Future: University Gateway Program

Captain Dave Bushy, COO Cape Air & Captain Scott Green, Director Flight Operations Jet Blue

 

Thursday March 20 Theme: Addressing the Pilot Supply Challenge           

0715 – 0800         Continental Breakfast                                                                                                                       GRW

0800 – 0830         Workshop Charge: Developing and Preserving the Pilot Supply Pipeline  Dr. Tim Brady ERAU                       GRW

0830 – 0900         Presentation:  A Longitudinal Study of Pilot Sources & Employment Success Professor Antonio Cortes          GRW

0900 – 1000         Panel: Presentations by Educators                              Best Practices in Pilot Supply Mitigation                      GRW

1000 – 1030         Break Sponsored by NetJets                                                                                                               GRW

1030 – 1200         Panel: Presentations by Industry                            Employer Perspectives on Pilot Supply Mitigation          GRW               

1200 – 1210                       Box Lunches Sponsored by Frasca International                                                                       GRW

1210 – 1315         Working Lunch Panel Discussion                             Discussions Between Educators and Employers            GRW

1315 – 1400         Workshop Deliverables: Identify promising practices, Assign follow on actions                                           GRW

1400                    Adjourn                                                                                                                                           GRW   

0800 – 1300         Exhibits                                                                                                                             AMS Hangar & Flight Line

0800 – 1400         Flight Demonstrations                                                                                                                     Flight Line

 

Flight demos arranged with OEM's, Business meetings arranged as required, break out rooms available

Simulators and tours sign up at GRW registration

Exhibits will be removed starting at 1300 Thursday March 20

 

 

Panelist Charge For Tuesday, March 18, 2008

 

Theme: Aircraft and Training Support Developments,

Part 23, LSA, and Support Products Panels

Panel 1: What’s new in Part 23 training aircraft? Panelists will provide PowerPoint material ahead of time and will each have 20 minutes on what is new about their aircraft with emphasis on the university training and education mission. Of particular interest: operating cost, OEM support, alliances with FTD providers to provide a “training system”. The panel moderator will load PowerPoint presentations onto a master file. PowerPoint presentations will be part of NTAS 2008 Proceedings. Panelists whose companies manufacture VLJ and PLJ airplanes may address the training and business case for incorporating a VLJ or PLJ into a collegiate fleet, discussing how use of the aircraft can serve both student and institution needs. PLJ manufacturers may address transfer of training to a multi engine transport aircraft and completing engine inoperative syllabus maneuvers with a single engine jet. The panel moderator will manage the PowerPoint, the time and Q&A.

0840 – 0900    Cessna                                                     Michael Gomm, Fleet Sales Manager

0900 – 0920    Cirrus                                                       John Gauch, Fleet Sales Director

0920 – 0940    Diamond                                                   Peter Maurer, President

0940 – 1010    Break                                                        Sponsored by Talon Systems & CAPACG

1010 – 1030    Liberty                                                      Randy Burnley, VP Sales & Marketing

1030 – 1050    Mooney                                                     Floyd Washburn, VP Programs & New Business

1050 – 1110    True Flight Aerospace (TFA) Tiger        Kevin Lancaster, President & CEO TFA

                                                                                          Herb Hortman, Hortman Aviation

1110 – 1130    Q&A

1140 – 1240    Lunch                                                        Sponsored by Frasca International

Panel 2: What’s new in LSAs that qualifies them for the academic training environment? Panelists will provide PowerPoint material ahead of time and will each have 20 minutes on what is new about their aircraft as it applies to the university training and education mission.

Of particular interest: panelists may address gross weight limits with today’s student demographics, IFR training, partnerships to provide a “training system”, plans on how they will sell, serve, and support the customer, expected reliability and durability of the product, and explain why the universities and colleges should consider these aircraft for their programs. The panel moderator will manage the PowerPoint, the time and the Q&A.

1250 – 1310    Cessna                                                       Michael Gomm, Fleet Sales Manager

1310 – 1330    Cirrus                                                       John Gauch, Fleet Sales Director       

1330 – 1350    Remos                                                       Michael Meirer, CEO Remos Aircraft Inc.

1350 – 1410    Tecnam                                                     Lynn Birmingham, CEO Tecnam Aircraft Inc.

1410 – 1440    Q&A

1440 – 1500    Break                                                        Sponsored by Fidelity Flight Simulation

 

Panel 3: What’s new in support products for collegiate training and education? Panelists will provide PowerPoint material ahead of time and will each have 20 minutes on what is new about their equipment as it affects the university training and education mission.

Of particular interest: innovations in training concepts, training management systems, and partnerships to provide a “training system”.  The panel moderator will manage the PowerPoint, the time and the Q&A.              

1500 – 1520    CAPACG                                                     Larry McCarroll, CEO

1520 – 1540    Diamond Simulation                                 Gerhard Thamm, Managing Director

 1540 – 1600    Fidelity Flight Simulation                         Mark Limbach, VP Business Development

1600 – 1620    Frasca                                                        Chuck Robards, Marketing Representative

1620 – 1640    Simflightronics/Simulation Standards   Mo Khwaja, President & CEO

1640 – 1700    Talon Systems                                          Jerry Stecklein, President

1700 – 1720    Q&A

Theme: Managing a Successful Collegiate Flight Department

0810 – 0830    Workshop Charge: Working Together as Flight Training Teams         Mr. Frank Ayers, ERAU

0830 – 1000    Panel: Fleet Operations

1000 – 1030    Break                                                        Sponsored by Cirrus Design

1030 – 1150    Panel: Fleet Operations (Continued)

1200 – 1300    Lunch                                                        Sponsored by Frasca International

1310 – 1430    Panel: Business Management

1430 – 1500    Break                                                        Sponsored by Cirrus Design

1500 – 1600    Plenary Discussion

Workshop Panel Compositions Managing a Successful Collegiate Flight Department:

Each panel will contain diverse representation from education and training institutions, considering:

• Fleets operated: institutions operating products from different OEM and FTD suppliers.
• Institution ownership of flight training function or contract supplied flight training.
• Flight training certificate: Part 61, 141, and 142 flight training organizations.
• Institution size: panel members from large, medium, and small institutions.
• Diverse functional representation.

Workshop Panel processes Managing a Successful Collegiate Flight Department:

Each panelist will be asked to provide an introduction and brief (about 5 minutes) verbal description of their program. If the panelist desires, a brief PowerPoint may be used to illustrate graphical concepts; such presentations to be provided in advance to the moderator for collation into a master file. A discussion session among panelists and from the floor will follow, with the moderator serving as timekeeper and discussion manager. A set of notes on issues and responses in the discussion sessions will be recorded and provided in the Workshop Proceedings, as will any presentations used by panelists.

Fleet Operations Panel

Panel Members: Flight Managers, Chief Pilots, Maintenance, Dispatch and Safety Officers

• Esa Harvela, Embry-Riddle Prescott Campus Chief Flight Instructor
• Ron Faliszek, Ohio University Chief Flight Instructor
• Ivan Grau, Embry-Riddle Daytona Campus Chief Flight Instructor
• Jack Haun, Embry-Riddle Daytona Campus Director of Maintenance
• Paul Jurgens, University of Cincinnati Assistant Chief Flight Instructor
• Ron Karp, Arizona State Professor Aeronautical Management Technology
• John Koehler, Rocky Mountain College Director of Flight Operations
• Jeff Riff, University of Central Missouri Assistant Chief Flight Instructor
• Jeremy Roesler, UND Chief Flight Instructor
• Aidan Seltsam Wilps, Daniel Webster College Director Flight Education & Chief Flight Instructor
• John Voges, Southern Illinois University Carbondale Chief Flight Instructor
• John Youell, Chief Flight Instructor Auburn University

• Dave Zwegers, Embry-Riddle Daytona Campus Director of Safety

The Panel design is based on the presumption that each institution uses some “best practices” that characterize their operation, and asks panelists to reflect on this idea and select no more than three emphasis topics for their opening remarks. Suggested areas of emphasis are found below, please feel free to create your own.

Topics: Please consider the following; select no more than three topics of emphasis in opening remarks:

• What are the processes you follow at a high level in developing and delivering flight training?
• Have you used the FAA-Industry Training System (FITS) principles, and are they working well for you?
• Has innovation in your programs (such as FITS) been challenging to certify with your FSDO?
• How do you deal with changes to airplane and system technology, operational practices, etc? Is there a systematic process in place?
• Do you have a safety program, please describe?
• Do you have a Flight Data Management program in your operation, please describe?
• How are instructors selected, prepared, managed, monitored, and their proficiency renewed?
• What are the check airman practices? Do you use internal, external, or both sources?

• How is airplane scheduling and non-scheduled maintenance organized and conducted?
• How is the availability of airplanes for students assured?
• Accommodations for mechanical failures.
• Accommodation for weather delays and resulting impact on schedules.
• Describe the role and authority of the dispatch function.
• How is aircraft operational surveillance conducted?
• Processes to assure safety of operations, instructor assignments, instructor supervision.
• Inclusion and modeling of pilot judgment exercises in the pilot training program.
• Adaptation and responsiveness to individual student needs and requests.

Business Management Panel

Panel Members: Department Heads, Deans, Academic Chairs:

• Frank Ayers, Chair Flight Department, Embry-Riddle Daytona Campus
• Lauren Bitikofer, LeTourneau University Chairman Flight Science
• Stephen Brown, Daniel Webster College Director of Flight Operations
• Wayne Dornan, Middle Tennessee State University Associate Professor Aerospace
• Don Dubuque, UND Director of Extension Program
• B. J. Galloway, Ohio University Interim Chair Department of Aviation
• Cass Howell, Chair Aeronautical Science, Embry-Riddle Daytona Campus
• Dave Powell, Western Michigan University Dean College of Aviation
• Eric Radtke, University of Cincinnati Director of Aviation
• J. B. Renninger, Florida Community College at Jacksonville, Director
• Ken Stackpole, Florida Institute of Technology Dean Aviation Programs
• Larry Wade, Delta Connection Academy Director of Training

Topics: Please consider the following; select no more than three topics of emphasis in opening remarks:

• How do you decide on equipment (airplane, FTD, training device) acquisition and funding?
• Is the use of an integrated “training system” an area of emphasis?
• How do you decide on the level of simulation fidelity, and similarity with airplanes, required of FTDs?
• What is the team process used to align the varied functions of academic and flight training?
• How do you manage interaction/alignment between academic education and flight training? Is there a systematic process in place?
• For those of you with contract training organizations, are there special processes in place to manage this alignment?
• Describe the integration of part task device instruction. Who is responsible in your organization?
• Describe the integration of FTD instruction with flight. Who is responsible in your organization?

Plenary Session

Next Steps, Formation of Institution Working Groups, Closing

• General discussion among all panelists and participants.
• Is it desirable to create working group(s) to continue sharing practices and developing safety cultures?
• Is another meeting of this sort desired in NTAS 2009?

Panelist Charge For Wednesday Evening March 19 & Thursday March 20

Defining actions to assure a stable supply of safe and productive pilots for the foreseeable future

Keynote Speech Wednesday Evening March 19

Preparing Pilot Leaders of the Future: A Defined Pathway Concept

Captain Dave Bushy, COO Cape Air & Captain Scott Green, Director Flight Operations Jet Blue

Workshop Thursday March 20

Workshop Perspective and Goal: The ideal pilot career path, from the points of view of every stakeholder.

• Students: Graduate with credentials, education, judgment, and experience sufficient to start as a first officer with a regional air carrier or corporate operator. Possess the knowledge and perspective to experience an engaging career with satisfying professional and leadership opportunities.
• Institutions: Maintain resources to train the next generation of pilot professionals and instructors.
• Employers: Recruit pilots with education, judgment, leadership potential, work ethic, and positive attitude.
• Labor: Acquire membership with positive work ethic, attitude, and leadership potential.
• Regulatory: Interpret/apply regulatory requirements supporting innovative & high quality programs.

The workshop will be organized as follows:

1. Industry and Educators will present examples of programs that enhance the pilot career path.
2. Categories and examples of best (and inhibiting) practices will be cataloged and discussed in panel.

0800 – 0830    Workshop Charge:    Dr. Tim Brady, Dean College of Aviation, ERAU, Daytona Campus

Developing and Preserving the Pilot Supply Pipeline

0830 – 0900    Understanding Pilot Sources  Professor Tony Cortes, ERAU

                A Longitudinal Study of Pilot Sources Correlated with Employment Success

0900 – 0920    Educator Practice #1             Dr. Wayne Dornan, MTSU

Increasing Program Quality and Throughput with FITS & Glass

0920 – 0940    Educator Practice #2 Professor Frank Ayers, ERAU

                                                                    Maximizing Use of Simulation in Ab-Initio Education

0940 – 1000    Educator Practice #3 Professor Ron Karp, ASU

A “Bridge” Program: Aligning Education with Employer Practices

1000 – 1030    Break    Sponsored by NetJets

1030 – 1040    Industry Practice #1   Captains Dave Bushy, Cape Air, & Scott Green, Jet Blue

Highlights from Keynote: Creating and Applying a Defined Employment Pathway: The Gateway Concept

1040 – 1050    Industry Practice #2   Captain LaMar Haugaard, Horizon Air

An Airline Stewardship Concept: Supporting Both the Education Institutions & Pilots

1050 – 1100    Industry Practice #3   Captain Dan Robertson, ASA Manager Pilot Hiring

Enhancing Pilot Recruiting and Selection Process

1100 – 1115    Industry Perspective  Captain Jim Gorman, NetJets VP Flight Training & Standards

                                                                                Corporate Aviation Perspective on Pilot Supply

1015 – 1130    Industry Perspective Dr. Tom Walby, Airbus Americas Director Flight Training

                                                                                Manufacturers Perspective on Pilot Supply

1130 – 1145    Industry Perspective  Captain Bill Thomas, DayJet Director of Flight Standards

On-Demand Air Taxi Perspective on Pilot Supply

1145 – 1200    Industry Perspective  Mr. Sin, Seung Won, Korea Aerospace Univ. Manager of Planning

International University Perspective on Pilot Supply

1200 – 1210    Box Lunches                              Sponsored By Frasca International

1210 – 1315    Working Lunch & Panel Discussion

A discussion among panelists and from the floor, with the moderator serving as timekeeper and discussion manager. A set of notes on issues and responses in the discussion sessions will be recorded and provided in the Workshop Proceedings, as will any presentations used by panelists.

1315 – 1400    Workshop deliverables: Identify promising practices, Assign follow on actions

• Frank Ayers, Embry-Riddle Daytona Campus Chair Flight Department
• Tim Brady, Embry-Riddle Daytona Campus Dean College of Aviation
• Dave Bushy, Cape Air COO
• Tony Cortes, Embry-Riddle Daytona Campus Associate Professor
• John Dixon, American Eagle Airlines Director Pilot Recruitment
• Wayne Dornan, Middle Tennessee State University Associate Professor Aerospace
• Don Dubuque, UND Director of Extension Program
• Bob Fischer, ALPA, Chairman National Education Committee
• Jim Gorman, NetJets VP Flight Training & Standards
• Scott Green, Jet Blue Director Flight Operations
• LaMar Haugaard, Horizon Air Chief Pilot
• Ron Karp, Arizona State Professor Aeronautical Management Technology
• Jacqueline Luedtke, Embry-Riddle Prescott Campus Dean College of Aviation
• Dan Robertson, ASA Manager Pilot Hiring
• Jeremy Roesler, UND Chief Flight Instructor
• Andrew Taylor, Horizon Air Assistant Chief Pilot
• Bill Thomas, DayJet Director Flight Standards
• Bill Voss, Flight Safety Foundation President and CEO
• Tom Walby, Airbus Industries Director Flight Training
• Larry Wade, Delta Connection Academy Director of Training
• Placeholder for possible FAA panelist

Topics for panelists and participants to think about:

• Mapping the pilot supply chain, understanding the situation: facts, data, and stories.
• Safety and preparation; comparing validity of academic preparation versus arbitrary logged time. Define entry-level needs for air carrier and corporate service. Is a scenario-based designed curriculum using latest training and aircraft technology, a substitute for years and hundreds of hours of idiosyncratic experience?
• Value of training in advanced technology airplanes with similarities to airline and corporate jets.
• New curriculum initiatives, increasing the education throughput. Securing FSDO approval for innovation.
• Institution & employer “bridge programs”, how much value and throughput do they add?
• Industry outreach to high, middle and elementary schools; using aviation as the “hook” for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) education.
• Overseas airline hiring US pilots, is it aggressive or predatory, and what does it do to the career  path?
• Is MPL (Multi Crew Pilot License), a solution? Will MPL find its way to the US?
• Acquiring a seniority number for graduates while they are instructing at Alma Mater? Labor resistance?
• Value of internships, interviews, summer employment to the student and to the employer? What “rights” and “privileges” can be provided to a student to improve career access, and at what stage of education?
• In today’s corporate environment, does regional and major linkage make sense and can it help pilot supply?
• Should institutions encourage early (freshman or sophomore) selection of career paths other than airline employment, such as corporate, air taxi, aviation manufacturer mentor programs, humanitarian, etc?
• Mitigating the student debt load, are there joint programs that can address this issue?
• List the industry practices that enhance the career path, and which industry practices are inhibiting it?

What plausibly can we accomplish in a half-day workshop?

• Gain a better understanding of the supply chain, its sources, and relative employment success.
• Hear about existing and emergent best practices in pilot education and employer linkages.
• Create a list of real and hypothetical solutions and distribute them stakeholders beyond this conference.
• Quantify and clarify issues and data that are currently subject of opinion and speculation.
• Move the mind-set from short term to mid and long term planning

Lowest expectation: Raise awareness of issues; provide networks of institutions and employers; identify action items that will be useful downstream.

Highest expectation: Participants agree to meet, develop and adopt one or more of the solutions proffered.