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ARTICLE
III - GENERAL COURSE INFORMATION
Section
3.1 Objectives
The
objectives of each course offered by Richmor Aviation is to provide
the best possible training for a student to become a safe and competent
professional pilot. Upon satisfactory completion of training and
successful completion of all stage, written, flight checks, and
end-of-course tests, the student will have obtained the knowledge,
skills, experience, and judgment required to qualify for the FAA
knowledge and practical tests necessary to ultimately gain a pilot's
certificate or rating for an Airplane/Single-Engine Land, and be
able to exercise the privileges of that certificate.
Section
3.2 Enrollment
Richmor's
policy for enrollment is an "Open Enrollment" policy. This policy
allows for enrollment at any time during the 12-month calendar year.
A student enrolling in the SCCC degree program
must enroll through SCCC as per their enrollment policy. Please
refer to the college catalog for enrollment requirements, prerequisites,
and procedures.
Section
3.3 Performance and Progress
- a.
The flight school maintains an official progress record for each
enrolled student. Each student will be furnished with a Training
Syllabus listing, by stages, all items of flying skill and other
requirements of the course. When an instructor judges that the
student's performance on an item has reached an acceptable level,
he/she will orally inform the student and enter a grade in the
student's file for that item (See section 3.4).
- b.
Acceptable levels of performance for flight proficiency are those
that the instructor judges to be at or exceeding the performance
required by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Regulations
and which meet the requirement of the applicable FAA Practical
Test Standards. "Stage checks" are required at the end of each
stage of flight training. All of these checks are administered
by the Chief or Assistant Chief Flight Instructor(s) to determine
that the student is progressing satisfactorily to ultimately receive
a Graduation Certificate for FAR Part 141 students (or appropriate
endorsements by a Certified Flight Instructor for Part 61 students)
which will allow him/her to apply for the FAA Practical test after
course completion.
- c.
All school stage and final examinations are graded on a percentage
basis and must meet the course requirement of 80% correct to pass.
Should a student receive a grade below 80%, the instructor must
correct and review the test with the student. Upon satisfactory
completion, at the instructor's discretion, the instructor must
sign and date the test as follows: "Correct to 100%, (CFI Name
and Certificate #).
- d.
For ground instruction lessons, at the end of each stage, a "Stage
Exam" is administered to the student to determine the student's
knowledge and retention of required material. Upon completion
of course ground material, a final exam is administered which
closely resembles the FAA's knowledge test.
- e.
To maximize a lesson, the student must be fully prepared for the
lesson. This means to have completed the ground lesson preceding
the flight lesson and resolve any questions prior to the intended
flight. The instructor can exercise the prerogative of not flying
a scheduled lesson if the student is obviously unprepared. An
appropriate note will be placed in the student's folder each time
he/she arrives unprepared for a flight lesson.
- f.
Students are required to initial all dual training entries in
the flight school training record. The student is required to
keep a logbook of all dual and solo flight time. The instructor
will sign this logbook for all periods of dual instructor and
related ground instruction.
Section
3.4 Grading System
- a.
Each course uses a numerical system for grading. For each individual
flight lesson completed, the following grading system is used:
Grade Letter Grade Average Description
1 A 95-100% Excellent
2 B 85-94% Above Average
3 C 75-84% Average
4 D 70-74% Below Average
5 F Below 70% Below FAA Standards
- b.
A student may require or be required to take remedial work for
flight and/or ground school instruction. Remedial flights will
be recorded in the students folder as an additional lesson and
designated with a letter "a/b/c..." next to the lesson used for
remediation. Remedial ground school quizzes or tests will be averaged
together with existing course grades. There will be no remedial
course credit allowed for courses taken outside of Richmor Aviation.
FAA regulations do not allow students to be enrolled in two Part
141 programs at the same time.
- c.
The student is encouraged to follow his/her progress as recorded
in the file. The instructor will immediately report any unsatisfactory
progress to the Director or Chief Flight Instructor. The progress
records are to be kept in the student's files and are not to be
removed, except for training purposes or as approved by the Flight
School Director or Chief Flight Instructor.
Section
3.5 Course Completion
Upon
satisfactory completion of all flight and ground course syllabus
requirements and the appropriate recommendation by the instructor,
as well as being a student in good financial standing as provided
by the Business Office, the student will be required to take a final
stage examination which consists of both oral and flight exams in
order to receive a Graduation Certificate (for FAR Part 141 Graduates)
or the appropriate endorsements (for FAR Part 61 Completions). The
Graduation Certificate and/or Endorsement are required of applicants
prior to being tested for a FAA certificate or rating. A student
will have two chances to pass the FAA Practical Test. Upon failure
of the first test, the student will receive an incomplete (I). The
student will then receive appropriate remedial dual instruction
required to pass the test. The student will have thirty (30) days
to apply for and pass the re-test. Upon failure of the re-test,
the student will receive a failure for the course. If the student
does not re-test within the thirty (30) days, the incomplete (I)
will automatically revert to a failure. The student should note
that the FAA Practical Test is a requirement for course completion,
and the issuance of a valid FAA Certificate(s) will be a requirement
for enrollment in any subsequent courses. In order to obtain a FAA
Certificate, appropriate knowledge and Practical Test(s) must be
satisfactorily completed.
Upon
satisfactory program completion, the student will receive a Graduation
Certificate and Logbook Endorsement.
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