Aero Linx: Minnesota Seaplane Pilots Association
The purpose of the Minnesota Seaplane Pilots Association is to:
Promote seaplane flying and safety programs pertaining to seaplane operation throughout the State of Minnesota,
Promote a forum for the purpose of approaching governmental agencies, to educate said agencies, the legislature and the public in the understanding of seaplane operation, and
Create safe and compatible seaplane base facilities in the State of Minnesota.
Abbreviated IFR Flight Plans
An authorization by ATC requiring pilots to submit only that information needed for the purpose of ATC. It includes only a small portion of the usual IFR flight plan information. In certain instances, this may be only aircraft identification, location, and pilot request. Other information may be requested if needed by ATC for separation/control purposes. It is frequently used by aircraft which are airborne and desire an instrument approach or by aircraft which are on the ground and desire a climb to VFR-on-top.
“Having failed to plan properly for the recovery in air travel demand, American Airlines management now finds itself having to deal with the consequences of being the only major airline to have furloughed pilots during the pandemic and its decision to forgo training opportunities at that time. Management continues to fall behind and is scrambling to increase the volume of the pilot training funnel. Consequently, they are now soliciting all pilots to volunteer to replace our specially trained Check Airmen as 'seat fillers' during a critical training evaluation stage under terms and conditions that remain largely unknown to APA."
Source: Allied Pilots Association head, Eric Ferguson, commenting on their lawsuit against American Ai
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