Flying
The BPL Commercial refresher training flight s a training to proficiency with the competency-based approach to the training.
Each refresher training flight is preceded with a briefing and closed with a debriefing between the instructor and you as the candidate. In order to add value to the training flight, any element of flying a balloon where candidates feel they would benefit from instruction should be discussed. The flight should then be focused on those specific elements with an instructor demonstration prior to candidate practice being performed.
A flight training:
- follows the content of the skill test for initial issue of the commercial balloon operation rating as set out in AMC1 BFCL.215(b)(4); and
- is conducted on a one-to-one basis between one pilot and one instructor only, with no other pilot on board who is taking credit for that flight.
The training flight may be conducted during Commercial passenger balloon operation, provided that:
- abnormal and emergency procedures are simulated before or after the flight on the ground without passengers on board; and
- passengers are made aware that the intended flight will be a training flight.
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