Section 1. Fees and Charges
The Board of Directors shall fix hourly rates for each airplane owned or leased by the club. Aircraft rates shall be based on Tach hour reading. Each member will be responsible for refueling the aircraft after flight using the clubs gas card (kept in the flight book). The club will furnish all oil. Fuel purchased at other airports shall be reimbursed if a receipt is provided showing total amount of purchase.
Section 2. Scheduling
(a) No member may fly any airplane unless scheduled to do so.
(b) Members are requested to coordinate with members or club officers for reservations over 7 days.
(c) RESERVED
(d) For the purposes of this section, the “weekend” shall be defined as 18:00 on Friday through 18:00 on Sunday.
(e) There shall be no exceptions to the scheduling rules without the express permission of the Board of Directors.
Section 3. Qualifications
(a) All club members or CFIs/CFIIs must satisfactorily accomplish a checkout flight given by a club instructor for each club airplane, regardless of experience, certificates or ratings. No member shall be permitted to use an instructor pilot that is not named on our insurance and successfully completed a checkout flight for any reason or purpose in any club aircraft, unless extenuating circumstances exist, and only then with special permission from the Board of Directors.
(b) Members who are not licensed pilots shall not fly club aircraft.
(c) No member may operate any club airplane having a constant speed propeller and/or retractable landing gear until such member has logged 5 hours in an airplane with a constant speed propeller and retractable landing gear after receiving their Private Pilot Rating and has been checked out as provided in section (a), above. In lieu of the 5 hour requirement, a pilot may operate such airplane after receiving 3 hours of dual instruction in a club aircraft with constant speed propeller and /or retractable from a club instructor.
(d) All recurrent proficiency checks for Club members shall be aligned with the FAA Biennial flight review. If the Club member chooses to use a non Club Authorized Instructor for the Biennial, the review cannot be done using Club aircraft. The Club member must provide proof of Biennial review to a Club Officer no later than 7 days after the review is completed to remain authorized to fly Club aircraft. Proof of completion should be a copy of the logbook endorsement.
(e) A club member whose pilot ability is questioned in any manner by the Operations/Safety Officer or any other member may be required to demonstrate his/her pilot ability to the club Instructor or Chief Pilot at any time it is deemed necessary to insure the high level of safety performance and judgment which is required with in the Club.
(f) Only club members shall be the sole manipulator of the controls of club aircraft, so long as the member is properly rated for the aircraft and is current. Non members may “act” as PIC of club aircraft if they are serving as “Safety Pilot” for members who are working toward their Instrument rating. The following questions are examples:
Question: If a club member does not have a current medical, could the club member fly club aircraft with a non-member rated pilot with a current medical?
Answer: NO. The member could not legally be PIC.
Question: If the member does not have a current medical, could the member fly club aircraft with another rated pilot that is a member of the club?
Answer: YES. The member that is current and has the current medical would be PIC.
Question: If the member is a private pilot without an instrument rating, could they fly in IMC with a non-member who is an instrument rated pilot?
Answer NO. The member could not legally be PIC.
Question: If the member pilot is a certificated Private Pilot working on Instrument rating, could he fly with a non-member who is acting as a Safety Pilot?
Answer: Yes, as long as the non-member pilot is NOT acting as Pilot in Command.
Section 4. Responsibility
The club member who is Pilot in Command of a club aircraft is fully responsible for and required to see that the aircraft is operated in strict compliance with Federal Air Regulations, Federal Communication Commission regulations, the provisions of the operating manual of the aircraft, these rules and By-Laws, local field regulations and good flying practices, except that when a member is receiving instruction from a club flight instructor, in which case the instructor has such responsibility.
Section 5. Accident Reports
The member in command of the airplane shall make a written report of all aircraft accidents, violation charges, and incidents in which the aircraft has been operated not in accordance with its operations manual, to the Operations/Safety Officer within forty-eight (48) hours after the occurrence. Incidents of operation other than as provided in the operation manual shall also be noted in the aircraft logbook.
Section 6. Authorized Airports
Except in case of emergency, club aircraft shall be landed at and operated only from public or private airports appearing on current sectional charts and where landings or other operations are not otherwise restricted.
Section 7. Cross Country Procedures
Members making cross-country flights shall:
(a) Schedule the aircraft for the desired date(s) and times
(b) Check the logbook to insure that the aircraft has sufficient time prior to an inspection, and that it is mechanically suitable for such flight.
(c) Use of FAA flight plans on such flights are recommended by the club.
(d) Be responsible for servicing the aircraft with proper fuel and oil, and for the proper storage and protection of the aircraft.
(e) Have authority to spend up to $200.00 for airworthiness repairs to club owned aircraft. This authority is limited to $100 for non-owned club aircraft. Full and complete receipts and other memoranda showing the exact nature and extent of any such repairs must be secured and delivered to the Treasurer. A club officer must authorize repairs costing more than the above limits.
Section 8. Night Flying
A Club member may act as Pilot in Command of a Club aircraft between the hours of sunset and sunrise only if he/she meets the requirements of FAR 61.57(b) as stated:
61.57(b) Night takeoff and landing experience.
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (e) of this section, no person may act as pilot in command of an aircraft carrying passengers during the period beginning 1 hour after sunset and ending 1 hour before sunrise, unless within the preceding 90 days that person has made at least three takeoffs and three landings to a full stop during the period beginning 1 hour after sunset and ending 1 hour before sunrise, and —
(i) That person acted as sole manipulator of the flight controls; and
(ii) The required takeoffs and landings were performed in an aircraft of the same category, class, and type (if a type rating is required).
(2) The takeoffs and landings required by paragraph (b)(1) of this section may be accomplished in a flight simulator that is—
(i) Approved by the Administrator for takeoffs and landings, if the visual system is adjusted to represent the period described in paragraph (b)(1) of this section; and
(ii) Used in accordance with an approved course conducted by a training center certificated under part 142 of this chapter.
Section 9. Miscellaneous
After each flight the pilot in command shall:
(a) Have the aircraft topped off at the aircraft’s home base as established by the Board of Directors
(b) Enter the time of operation in the aircraft log, noting oil used and any discrepancies
(c) Personally supervise the storage in the hangar or tie down of the aircraft
(d) If there are any maintenance issues notify the President, Vice President or Maintenance Officer by telephone or email.