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STATE AND LOCAL ACTION
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California flight instruction providers—who waited more than a year for relief from crippling regulatory burdens imposed under a 2009 education-reform law—got the news they were waiting for, when Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill exempting them from its provisions. “Since we learned a year and a half ago about AB 48 and its unintended devastating consequences on the California flight training industry, AOPA has been continuously working to convince the legislature that the health of aviation in the state is vitally important to the health of the whole state economy,” said AOPA California Regional Representative John Pfeifer. “The passage of Senate Bill 619 provides the relief necessary to keep flight training alive in California. We are especially grateful to Sen. Jean Fuller and her staff for carrying this bill forward to completion,” he said. The California Private Postsecondary Act of 2009 was intended to protect the financial well being of students who seek an education at a postsecondary school. The regulations posed unintended consequences for flight training providers by posing a financial burden that many would have been unable to bear. The law exempts from its provisions providers or programs that provide instruction pursuant to FAA regulations and meet both of the following criteria: The flight instruction provider or program does not require students to enter into written or oral contracts of indebtedness, and does not require prepayment of instruction-related costs in excess of $2,500. 2 California
CFIs, students win training relief in California
The Nebraska Legislature is both unicameral (one chamber) and non-partisan. It is also the smallest state legislature in the nation with 49 members, who are referred to as “senators” even though the body is not formally referred to as the “Senate.”
‘Hostile amendment’
hos-tl uh-mend-muh’ nt 1. An amendment that the bill’s author does not want. Hostile amendments can be inserted into a bill, over the objections of the author, usually by a majority vote in committee or on the floor before a full body of a legislature.
Legislative Lingo:
Agreement reached to re-open the
The Recreational Aviation Foundation (RAF) and the National Park Service (NPS) in cooperation with Chief Ranger Brent Pennington reached an agreement under the existing Memorandum of Understanding to re-open
‘Chicken Strip’
the Chicken Strip. The Chicken Strip airstrip is located in Saline Valley, and is part of the Death Valley National Monument in California. The landing strip will be officially re-opened to pilots after some minor preparations conclude.
Certificated flight instructors residing in the state of California.
BOTTOM: NEY GRANT
AOPA PILOT •
16 • NOVEMBER 2011
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011
Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011
Contents
President’s Position
Hangar Talk
AOPA Media
AOPA Action
Letters
Waypoints
Proficient Pilot
Safety Pilot
License to Learn
Pilot Counsel
Fly Well
Pilot Briefing
Rally GA: The Doctor Doesn’t Need to Be In
Where Flying is ‘Still Fun
At the Controls
Walking Back On
Rally GA: Flight for Survival
AOPA Aviation Summit 2011: Happy in Hartford
We Have a Winner!
2012 Tougher Than a Tornado Sweepstakes: Hard Work in Wild Places
AOPA in the States: The 5-Percent Solution
Challenges: Powerless Flight
Technique: Pilots Are Pessimists...and Optimists
Avionics: Garmin’s aera
Dogfight: NDB Approaches
Never Again
Fly-Outs
Fly by Wire
Pilots
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 1
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - Contents
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 3
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - President’s Position
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 5
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - Hangar Talk
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 7
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 8
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 9
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - AOPA Media
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 11
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - AOPA Action
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 13
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 14
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 15
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 16
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 17
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 18
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 19
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 20
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 21
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - Letters
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 23
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 24
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 25
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - Waypoints
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 27
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - Proficient Pilot
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 29
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - Safety Pilot
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 31
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - License to Learn
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 33
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - Pilot Counsel
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 35
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - Fly Well
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 37
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - Pilot Briefing
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 39
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 40
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 41
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 42
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 43
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 44
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 45
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 46
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - Rally GA: The Doctor Doesn’t Need to Be In
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 48
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 49
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - Where Flying is ‘Still Fun
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 51
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 52
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 53
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - At the Controls
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 55
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 56
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 57
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - Walking Back On
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 59
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 60
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 61
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 62
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 63
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 64
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 65
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - Rally GA: Flight for Survival
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 67
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 68
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 69
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 70
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 71
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - AOPA Aviation Summit 2011: Happy in Hartford
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 73
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 74
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 75
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - We Have a Winner!
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 2012 Tougher Than a Tornado Sweepstakes: Hard Work in Wild Places
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 78
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 79
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 80
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - AOPA in the States: The 5-Percent Solution
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 82
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 83
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 84
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 85
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 86
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - Challenges: Powerless Flight
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 88
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 89
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 90
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - Technique: Pilots Are Pessimists...and Optimists
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 92
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 93
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 94
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - Avionics: Garmin’s aera
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 96
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - I1
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - I2
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 97
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 98
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 99
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - Dogfight: NDB Approaches
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 101
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - Never Again
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 103
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 104
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 105
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - Fly-Outs
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - Fly by Wire
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 108
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 109
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 110
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - 111
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2011 - Pilots
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