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MOST RECENT NEWS AND UPDATES: Congratulations and thanks to our two newest Baron pilots, Shane Soligo and Ron Fletcher! Also congratulations and thanks to Steve Borowski, who scored a perfect 100% on his recurrent checkride knowledge test and had a flight described by Check Airman Adam Scudder as "practically flawless." Great job! Checkrides for northern (non-Florida) pilots other than the five below will probably be conducted at BNA in late July. Details to come. Checkride Schedule UPDATED on Sunday, June 21st, 2009 with five St. Louis checkrides in July. NEW! Wednesday, June 10th, 2009: IFR Navigational Materials Master List updated to reflect cancelled runs. Please check this over! If you find any mistakes -- or if you want to suggest improvements -- please call or e-mail me. NEW! Wednesday, June 10th, 2009: I would like to advise all line pilots that a major new revision to the company GOM (Revision 13 -- 29 pages) is coming out. This is the result of an FAA Focus Base Inspection in May; the FSDO wanted numerous technical and semantic changes. Operationally, however, nothing will be different. Please install and/or remove the affected pages, sign the accompanying memo and then turn it back in to our Principal Operations Base. Then be ready for ramp checks! The FAA knows about this revision (obviously), so they will be out there verifying that your copy has been updated. HELP SPREAD THE WORD! PLEASE TELL YOUR FELLOW LINE PILOTS ABOUT THIS, ESPECIALLY IF THEY DON'T HAVE INTERNET ACCESS. Thank you! NEW! Wednesday, June 10th, 2009: Another result of the FAA Focus Base Inspection I mentioned above is that we have a new consolidated training manual. You can download it HERE. Tuesday, May 26th, 2009: In an effort to increase pass rates, I have put together a complete 3-page checklist of all the knowledge subject areas that are a required component of initial and recurrent Part 135 IFR-PIC checkrides, whether you take it with an FAA inspector or a company Check Airman. Please click >>>>> HERE <<<<< to view it. You may wish to use this checklist as a study guide prior to your checkride and you are highly enouraged to do so. Don't wait until the last minute to prepare -- instead, try to maintain an adequate level of aviation knoweldge at all times. (That's the intent of the regulatory requirement to periodically re-test on these topics. A good analogy is the recurrent training and testing physicians must undergo to maintain board certification in their speciality.) Pilot Seniority List updated Tuesday, May 26th, 2009. Upcoming Recurrent Checkrides and Recurrent Ground Training UPDATED on Thursday, April 9th, 2009. Everybody PLEASE remember to check this -- particularly the recurrent ground training part! To answer a recent question that I've had from three different people so far, we are neither licensed nor registered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA-APHIS) to carry live animals. I should point out, however, that under the Animal Welfare Act, the term "animal" specifically excludes rats and mice for regulatory purposes -- therefore, we can carry those and no special requirements apply. To answer a second question, dry ice requirements are per-package. In other words, if a package is exempt due to the small quantity of dry ice, it is still exempt regardless of how many other such packages you carry. The overall limit of 33 pounds for the whole airplane, however, still applies. (March 5th, 2009) The following company forms are now available here for download as an Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) files: Pilot Duty Record / Aircraft Record Data Transfer Form Ramp / Enroute Surveillance Report Pilot Notification Form (for HAZMAT) Please avail yourself of these links to print fresh, sharp original copies of these forms for your base. AVEG to Winter Operations updated February 8th, 2009 (Three photo illustrations added.) UPCOMING CHANGES: As most of you already know, we have moved our principal operations base from the old hangar to a brand-new facility directly across the field. Our new mailing address is: 3122 East Amelia Street, Suite C Orlando, FL 32803 . . . All company forms and documents must be changed to reflect this. Obviously that will take some time, but beginning in February please direct all correspondence to the new location. Thank you!

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Pilot Seniority List
UPDATED: Tuesday, May 26th, 2009

Recurrent Checkride Schedule
UPDATED: Sunday, June 21st, 2009
If your recurrent checkride has been scheduled yet, it will appear here.

Upcoming Recurrent Checkrides and Recurrent Ground Training
UPDATED: Thursday, April 9th, 2009
Are you in your early base month? Your base month? Your late grace month? Are you due for recurrent ground training? In which type of airplane are you due? Not sure? Find out here!

The Document Archive
Training materials, tests and classroom handouts can be found here.

CHECKRIDE KNOWLEDGE TEST PREP CHECKLIST NEW!

IFR Navigational Materials Master List
UPDATED: Wednesday, June 10th, 2009
Which charts and plates we provide for each run . . . and how we get them there.

Company forms for download:

• Pilot Duty Record / Aircraft Record
• Data Transfer Form
• Ramp / Enroute Surveillance Report
• Pilot Notification Form (for HAZMAT)

Thank you for visiting Austin's Flight Express Pilot Information Page. I hope you find this site convenient and helpful. If you wish to contact me regarding this site (or about issues pertaining to safety and regulations), please feel free to send me e-mail or call me at my office extension. If I am away from my desk (as is often the case), please leave me a voice mail message. Fly safely!

SEND ME E-MAIL HERE (Please put "Flight Express" in the subject line.) (800) 677-5675 ext. 618 or (407) 895-0453 ext. 618 if you are calling from the Orlando area.

DISCLAIMER: This site is designed, maintained and intended to be an information resource for the benefit of current and prospective company pilots. It is not a substitute for official FAA information, including the FAR-AIM, advisory circulars, FSIMS and so forth.

I pay for the bandwidth and the domain name (austincollins.com) myself out of my own pocket and I work on this site strictly on my own initiative when I have free time. It is not part of my job description, nor it is part of flightexpress.com or any other officially recognized company function. Opinions I express here do not necessarily reflect the corporate philosophy or legal position of Flight Express, Inc. or its owners or affiliates. I apologize if I am unable to update this site as often as I would like. Please understand that my paid responsibilities as Chief Pilot and Manager of Training must take precedence. Thank you very much for your patience.

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