The end of the standardisation course is in sight!
Last Thursday (flight #6) we had a practise 'proficiency base check' which is a cunningly crafted series of scenarios that enables the instructor to test us on a number of abnormal manoeuvres and emergency procedures (as well as the soft skills like problem solving, situational awareness, workload management etc.). Now we are well into the second half of our flight training, which is more of the operational side of things.
After the base check we started venturing further afield - flight #7 focused on low level terrain flying, and flight #8 was a revision of IFR procedures (i.e. flying on instruments).
Today we went to two airstrips we hadn't been to before. Katherine from the communications team came along as a passenger, to experience for herself what it's like flying in a MAF plane and to see the sorts of things we get up to on standardisation. The pictures she took are featured in
this Facebook post (and are copied below for posterity).
Two more training flights, a practise 'proficiency line check' on Monday, and then we are all done!
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| Getting ready for take-off |
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| Dirt airstrip at Almaden |
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| On the ground at Almaden |
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| Removing anthills |
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| The small town of Tolga and Lake Tinaroo in the distance |
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