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Flight Training Division

The Flight Training division has 61 members drawn from pilot training providers. It represents their interests to industry and government stakeholders and works to develop and improve standards and practices and flight safety across the general aviation (GA) sector. Key stakeholders include:

• Aviation Tourism and Travel Training Organisation (ATTTO) as the sector ITO
• Aviation Services Ltd (ASL) the organisation responsible for aviation examinations and flight-testing.
• The Tertiary Education Commission
• Civil Aviation Authority of NZ, (CAA) the government regulatory authority for civil aviation.
• Ministry of Transport, responsible for implementing the NZ Transport Strategy (NZTS) and aligning agency (e.g. CAA) functions and objectives and co-ordinating transport policy development
• Airways Corporation of NZ, responsible for airspace management, and provision of air traffic control services.
• MetService NZ, responsible for provision of aviation weather information
• Commercial airlines, as the employers of pilots trained by member providers.
• General aviation employers.

Key People

Chairman of the Division:

Warren Sattler
Chief Flying Instructor
Ardmore Flying School
AUCKLAND

Divisional Secretary

Maurice Manttan.

Main CAA Rules affecting Division Members

• Pilot licenses and ratings are regulated under CAA Rule Part 61.
• General operating and flight rules come under CAA Rule Part 91.
• Aviation training organisations are certificated under CAA Rule part 141. *Operators are certificated under CAA Rules Part 119, 121, 125, and 135. nb. Many members of the Division are certificated as Part 135 operators.

Current Issues:

• Airline recruitment
• Aeronautical maps
• NZ Aeronautical Information Publication (AIP)
• Low flying/forced landing descent altitudes
• Met services - GA access to weather
• CAA Rule Part 61
• CAA Rule Part 141
• JAA licence compatibility
• Airways fees - airways and approach fees
• Access to controlled airspace for training purposes-IFR in particular