Lazy afternoon, it’s 61 or wash the car.
I find myself with a couple of spare hours, too early for a beer, so I thought I’d start scratching about in the MoS, just a warm up round or two, before the bell. You can, with some little trouble and should download the latest versions from the CASA web site. Or, from HERE and HERE from the AP library.
Are you sitting comfortably, then I’ll begin. Once upon a time the Part 61 Manual of Standards crept out of it’s shell and into daylight. Our tale begins with the innocent enough Schedule 1A. Well, that’s an easy one – 13 solid pages of abbreviations. ‘Dictionary’ implies pretensions of being a little high brow;
Perhaps glossary would be a nicer description.
Volume 1 delves into the Terence Lindsay Farquharson “Instrument”; which for those of a legal bent is probably of some particular interest; however, for mere mortals, from this point on the MoS is live. It is, for the most part comprehensible to the lay person until you reach Item 8 where you discover that the ‘units’ of competency have some legal clout, which takes you, without passing ‘Go’, into subjective interpretation land, where you’ll be hard pressed to get your $200 and stay out of goal. The following is embedded in 8; only an example here, for examination purposes, there are more, however:-
Got that - No, try again and read carefully.
8.1 The units of competency for (a) a flight crew licence with an aircraft category rating, a flight crew rating on a licence, or an endorsement on a rating; are matters are as set out in the (Appendix) of a (Section) in (Schedule 1) that is for the particular matter.
You need to know where these things are – we shall in due course return to this bookmark. Just skip past 9 and 10 for the moment. Before we trespass there we must try to understand 8, and it’s a long march toward understanding. Patience Clarisse. We must discover what a ‘Schedule’ is.
So, Schedule 1 (Sked 1) all 61 pages of it, the index begins on page 14 finishing on 18, where are the first 13 pages? - however:-
We are seeking “(a) a flight crew licence with an aircraft category rating, a flight crew rating on a licence, or an endorsement on a rating”, which looks to be on page 14, “Section ‘L’ Aircraft ratings and endorsements” which resides on page 36 of this document. A bold click and bingo; Appendix L.1. is for a single engine class rating; down to page 37 and we meet Appendix L.4. (L4. more properly) and we can see the Unit code (in its cell) and Unit of Competency (it too, in its cell). So far so good, now we need to identify ‘what’ is involved in the code and competency, for there is not a blind clue in the agricultural style table presented. We need the code; the keys to the kingdom, now, where did I leave them? No matter, back to the top. Nope, there is no additional help there, we must now cast about and see if any of the other schedules will assist. Let me see:-
Schedule 2 – 254 pages total - in section 4 at page 110, we find Aircraft rating standards, click:-
If you skip back to Schedule 1 Appendix L4. You can see a ‘Unit code’ list – on the fifth line there is A1 – 'Control aeroplane on ground'. Back to Sked 2, section 4 and ‘thar she blows’ A1 in all its hoary glory.
If you read 21.1 which expands A1.1 you may, without too much trouble see where the mind of the writer is located; and it is not on the flight line. Take items (a) and (d). Now when did having a look to see what was beneath the aircraft pre start ever become item last. It is instinctive for a pilots to check as they walk toward the aircraft; and, during the daily inspection; it is also probably checked again after loading fuel and it probably a final check before the doors are closed. Any ‘check pilot’ worthy of the name would have observed his ‘victim’ doing this type of checking before contemplating and engine start. You may also notice that there is no mention – anywhere – of standard hand signals, the use and understanding of, for start, after start and ground manoeuvring. This section appendix has not been put together by a competent, qualified pilot who understands how to conduct ‘training’ for a type rating. This is not ‘competency’; this stuff belongs in part 101 of the pre first solo SOP blurb from any competent flight school, dished out day one, enforced and reinforced by competent instructor pilots.
MTF and lots of; but I need to explore a little further, without drafting notes as I read (plough) through the five separate pages I am currently cross referring to resolve the simple matter of a routine type rating (endorsement) exercise.
Toot toot......
I find myself with a couple of spare hours, too early for a beer, so I thought I’d start scratching about in the MoS, just a warm up round or two, before the bell. You can, with some little trouble and should download the latest versions from the CASA web site. Or, from HERE and HERE from the AP library.
Are you sitting comfortably, then I’ll begin. Once upon a time the Part 61 Manual of Standards crept out of it’s shell and into daylight. Our tale begins with the innocent enough Schedule 1A. Well, that’s an easy one – 13 solid pages of abbreviations. ‘Dictionary’ implies pretensions of being a little high brow;
Quote:Early 16th century: from medieval Latin dictionarium (manuale) or dictionarius (liber) 'manual or book of words', from Latin diction.
Perhaps glossary would be a nicer description.
Quote:An alphabetical list of words relating to a specific subject, text, or dialect, with explanations; a brief dictionary:
Volume 1 delves into the Terence Lindsay Farquharson “Instrument”; which for those of a legal bent is probably of some particular interest; however, for mere mortals, from this point on the MoS is live. It is, for the most part comprehensible to the lay person until you reach Item 8 where you discover that the ‘units’ of competency have some legal clout, which takes you, without passing ‘Go’, into subjective interpretation land, where you’ll be hard pressed to get your $200 and stay out of goal. The following is embedded in 8; only an example here, for examination purposes, there are more, however:-
Quote:….”[8.1] The units of competency for each of the following matters are as set out in the Appendix of a Section in Schedule 1 that is for the particular matter: etc.
Quote:….”[8.2] For an Appendix mentioned in subsection 8.1, each unit of competency mentioned in a cell in column 2 of the practical flight standards table in the Appendix (the unit of competency) has the unit code mentioned in the corresponding cell in column 1 (the unit code).”
Got that - No, try again and read carefully.
8.1 The units of competency for (a) a flight crew licence with an aircraft category rating, a flight crew rating on a licence, or an endorsement on a rating; are matters are as set out in the (Appendix) of a (Section) in (Schedule 1) that is for the particular matter.
You need to know where these things are – we shall in due course return to this bookmark. Just skip past 9 and 10 for the moment. Before we trespass there we must try to understand 8, and it’s a long march toward understanding. Patience Clarisse. We must discover what a ‘Schedule’ is.
So, Schedule 1 (Sked 1) all 61 pages of it, the index begins on page 14 finishing on 18, where are the first 13 pages? - however:-
Quote:N.B. ….The following Table of Contents and Index of Competency Unit codes are for guidance only and are not part of the Schedule.
We are seeking “(a) a flight crew licence with an aircraft category rating, a flight crew rating on a licence, or an endorsement on a rating”, which looks to be on page 14, “Section ‘L’ Aircraft ratings and endorsements” which resides on page 36 of this document. A bold click and bingo; Appendix L.1. is for a single engine class rating; down to page 37 and we meet Appendix L.4. (L4. more properly) and we can see the Unit code (in its cell) and Unit of Competency (it too, in its cell). So far so good, now we need to identify ‘what’ is involved in the code and competency, for there is not a blind clue in the agricultural style table presented. We need the code; the keys to the kingdom, now, where did I leave them? No matter, back to the top. Nope, there is no additional help there, we must now cast about and see if any of the other schedules will assist. Let me see:-
Schedule 2 – 254 pages total - in section 4 at page 110, we find Aircraft rating standards, click:-
If you skip back to Schedule 1 Appendix L4. You can see a ‘Unit code’ list – on the fifth line there is A1 – 'Control aeroplane on ground'. Back to Sked 2, section 4 and ‘thar she blows’ A1 in all its hoary glory.
Quote:1 Unit description
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to operate an aeroplane on the ground.
If you read 21.1 which expands A1.1 you may, without too much trouble see where the mind of the writer is located; and it is not on the flight line. Take items (a) and (d). Now when did having a look to see what was beneath the aircraft pre start ever become item last. It is instinctive for a pilots to check as they walk toward the aircraft; and, during the daily inspection; it is also probably checked again after loading fuel and it probably a final check before the doors are closed. Any ‘check pilot’ worthy of the name would have observed his ‘victim’ doing this type of checking before contemplating and engine start. You may also notice that there is no mention – anywhere – of standard hand signals, the use and understanding of, for start, after start and ground manoeuvring. This section appendix has not been put together by a competent, qualified pilot who understands how to conduct ‘training’ for a type rating. This is not ‘competency’; this stuff belongs in part 101 of the pre first solo SOP blurb from any competent flight school, dished out day one, enforced and reinforced by competent instructor pilots.
Quote:(h) correct handling techniques are applied to take into account wind from all 4 quadrants;Damn straight – wind from all quadrants just about sums it up and the correct handling technique for this is to hit the bin, first time with this fraudulent document, or buy the beers.
MTF and lots of; but I need to explore a little further, without drafting notes as I read (plough) through the five separate pages I am currently cross referring to resolve the simple matter of a routine type rating (endorsement) exercise.
Toot toot......