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Proficiency Courses Showcase GA’s Safety Efforts

Mooney pilots descend on Manchester for two days of classroom and airwork.

By James Wynbrandt • Contributor - Business Aviation

September 17, 2018

With an increasing focus on safety management systems (SMS), planned stand-downs, upset prevention and recovery training (UPRT), and other business aviation safety initiatives, the Mooney Aircraft Pilots Association (MAPA) Pilot Proficiency Program (PPP) exemplifies GA’s contributions to the private aviation safety push. For the past 28 years, the MAPA Safety Foundation (MSF) has staged five PPPs annually across the U.S., and the September session in Manchester, New Hampshire, followed the playbook established with the first: “Classroom, and then flying the first day; flying, and then classroom the second; and Sunday for finishing up for weather contingencies,” said Jerry Johnson, an MSF director who helped develop the program.

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