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NATIONAL BUSINESS AVIATION ASSOCIATION • focusReviewing single-pilot best practices is a great way to ensure safety is part of every flight. Start with crew resource management (CRM) and aeronautical decision-making (ADM) and develop a way of thinking that ensures good judgment and planning:CRM requires pilots to use all available resources before and during the flight. Review the charts, study airport diagrams, understand SIDS and STARS, read NOTAMS, get familiar with the route and check the weather just for starters.ADM teaches pilots to make go/no-go decisions based on the risk posed by the pilot, airplane, environment and operation. ADM provides a framework for single-pilot decisions. Choosing the best course of action in icing, for example, may be different for single pilots. While some manuals recommend seeking a higher altitude to escape freezing rain, single pilots, more likely to be flying less-powerful piston aircraft, may opt for a 180-degree turn or an immediate landing.The 2011 Standdown will also focus on helping single pilots forge partnerships with service providers, such as maintenance technicians and fixed-base-operator staff, who can offer insights into aircraft operations and flight conditions, according to Eric Barfield, another 2011 Standdown planner, who, along with three other aviation insurance brokers, fly a Cessna 182 and Cessna 340 in their Columbia, SC, firm.“We’ll also be looking at runway excursions and airspeed management during takeoff and landing, tactical weather flying and fatigue” he said. The single-pilot safety standdowns are valuable because they offer life-saving knowledge not just for single pilots, but also for all aviators.“If you can attend only one seminar, this is it,” said Doug Carr, NBAA’s vice president, safety, security & regulation.For More InformationTo register for this year’s Single-Pilot Safety Standdown and find additional NBAA2011 agenda details, visit www.nbaa.org/2011. mNBAA’s Small Aircraft Exemption Provides FlexibilityDoes your company ever need to carry passengers and property and charge for the flight? Or enter into timesharing, interchange and joint ownership agreements? Or conduct demonstration flights and receive compensation?If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, NBAA’s Small Aircraft Exemption is for you.Since 1972, operators of small aircraft for business purposes have relied on NBAA’s Small Aircraft Exemption to utilize the limited options for cost reimbursement permitted under Part 91, Subpart F of the Federal Aviation Regulations (FARs). This exemption has been approved by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and is only available to NBAA Members.Operators of large and turbine-powered multi- engine airplanes have had this flexibility through the Federal Aviation Regulations, but smallaircraft have been excluded. However, NBAA’s Small Aircraft Exemption allows operators of small aircraft, including all helicopters (regardless of size), to operate under regulations originally established for large aircraft.Without the NBAA Small Aircraft Exemption, the cost sharing options available under Part 91, Subpart F are only available to aircraft that fall into one of the following groups:The aircraft has a maximum takeoff weight of over 12,500 pounds, or;The aircraft is a multi-engine turbojet aircraft (regardless of size), or;The aircraft is a fractional program aircraft (regardless of size)Members can find more information on the conditions and limitations of the exemption at www.nbaa.org/admin/options/exemption. m44 • TWIN & TURBINE JULY 2011