Ops Mgr Update Jan 25

Ops Mgr Update Jan 25

by | Jan 8, 2025 | Home page display, Member News, News, Opsman

Happy New Year to All HAC members.

Your Committee met on 18 Dec 24 (Minutes on Planning Room noticeboard) and agreed a number of points that you should be aware of.

  1. As our Chairman mentioned in his New Year Message, a Winter Work Programme has been approved and funded.  Watch out for calls for volunteers!
    • Nigel Marshall will lead on redecorating the Clubhouse and Jon Lee will get and fit new blinds for the crew room so that our Clubhouse better befits our Centenary.
    • We will also need a small work party to “declutter” the Clubhouse as we have many items that serve no purpose and are just gathering dust!
    • We will be repositioning the ac cleaning facility to make it more convenient and useful.
  2. We are establishing a small “Welcome Team” to make the induction of new members into HAC more user-friendly. Sam Davis will lead the team assisted by Rachel Willson and they will act as the first Point of Contact for new members working alongside Deacon and me to make their assimilation into HAC both effective and pleasant.
  3. We are also (re) introducing monthly checks of licence expiry and currency. See the recent post on T Cards for details.
  4. To avoid unhelpful “block booking” of ac, members are only to book 2 slots in any given week. If one of those slots is cancelled then it can be rebooked so that at no time has any member got more than 2 bookings in a 7 days period.  There will, of course, be exceptional occasions when it makes sense to break this rule;  in these cases the CFI and Ops Mgr have authority to approve additional bookings.
  5. From the recent Airfield Users Group meeting.
    • Fire trg on new 100L extinguisher will take place in coming months. Two Saturday dates in Feb/Mar 25 have been requested
    • Reminder to ALL to wait for barrier to close before proceeding in/out of AF.
    • Hangar 1 roof unstable in winds >30kts, hence car park closure prior to Xmas. If debris found, report it, do not touch (may be asbestos).
  6. A gentle reminder that the Planning and Ops Rooms are both working areas when pilots are preparing for flights.  Please try to keep socialising outside these rooms if a fellow pilot is getting ready to go flying.
  7. Finally, see the recent post on the new HAC FOB.  There are some important changes.
HAC FOB Jan 25

HAC FOB Jan 25

by | Jan 8, 2025 | Home page display, Member News, News, Opsman, Safety

HAC FOB Update

The HAC FOB has been updated and went live on 15 January and all pilots will be “in the Red” until they have signed as having read the new FOB.

In addition to minor editorial changes the key updates are:

Order 1.3 Flight Authorisation.

1.3.6 Self Authorization Requirements The minimum hours for Self Auth are now  50 (vice 100).  Also, self auth approval is now to be renewed annually.

Order No. 1.4 Completion of Technical Log and Notification of Defects of HAC Aircraft.

New terminology, buit procedure unchanged

Order No. 1.5 Requirements for Solo Flying in Club Aircraft

1.5.4 Addition of 60 day currency requirement for Self Auth pilots

1.5.6 Addition of read across from C152 to PA28

Order 2.14 Refuelling Procedures

2.14.2  Ac grounding to be to noseleg (not exhaust)

Order No 3.2 Weather Minima

3.2.6  Acknowledgement of possible errors in roof mounted anemometer.

Order No 7.9 Engineering

7.9.7  Easterly Hangar doors not to be used.

HAC FOB Jan 25
T Cards

T Cards

by | Dec 31, 2024 | Home page display, Member News, News, Opsman, Safety

The T Card System

In December we re-instated regular checks on members’ licence, medical and, rating expiry dates as well as their 42 day currency status.  Whilst responsibility for being in all respects legal and current to fly lies with the pilot and the flight authoriser, HAC has long had an RAF-style T card system in place to assist members in discharging those responsibilities.  A record of  all members’ licence, medical and SEP expiry dates is maintained by the Ops Office and is checked at least monthly to update the T Card board and remind members of any upcoming expiries both by posting a list on the noticeboard alongside the T Card rack and by individual e mails.  If the cause of your red T card is removed (eg, you fly to regain currency or renew your SEP or medical etc) and you have updated the relevant expiry information by amending your individual Flying Order Book Signature Sheet, annotated the posted Expiring List or  by e mailing the Ops Mgr, you can and should turn your T Card back to green.  As the checking system has not been used regularly for some time, it may take us a couple of iterations to get our records fully up to date so your cooperation and understanding will be appreciated as we correct errors over the next few months.  It is our aim to have the system fully up to date and reliable by the start of the new flying season in April – if not before. If for any reason you do not have a Signature Sheet and/or a T card, please contact the Ops Mgr.

Snow & Ice Plan 2024/25

Snow & Ice Plan 2024/25

by | Nov 22, 2024 | Member News, Opsman

The Station has published the Snow & Ice Plan (SIP) for this winter which can be read in full in the Ops Room. HAC pilots are note Para 12 c which states:

Bulk Fuel Installation (BFI). To mitigate salt contaminating the aircraft and vehicle crossing point by the BFI, personnel requiring access to the Airfield Tower and the sewage works are to conduct a FOD check to remove excess grit from tyres. Aircraft captains are requested to shut down before this crossing point and manually walk the aircraft to the BFI to prevent grit being scattered across the apron by propeller wash.

 

Buggy Parking

Buggy Parking

by | Nov 15, 2024 | Home page display, Member News, News, Opsman, Safety

It has become common practice to park the buggies in the hangar close to parked aircraft with the risk of an inadvertent collision if, for example,  the wrong gear is selected!  WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT Buggies are to be parked alongside the Fire Tender facing the hangar doors at end of flying and parked outside parallel to the hangar doors in the same way that the Fire Tender is parked outside during flying operations. Should it rain then move them inside the hangar entrance until it stops!

UPDATE  For clarification, BOTH buggies should be moved outside before any ac are moved from the hangar and not moved back inside the hangar until all HAC ac are bedded down for the night.

Halton Aero Club
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