Goodbye FAA Safety Programs

[john smith]

Was told by an FAA FSDO employee that the General Aviation Safety
Programs (as we have known them) will be gone by July. Future programs
will be given by volunteers, with one FAA program coordinator (my term)
for each region.

[Jay Honeck]

> Was told by an FAA FSDO employee that the General Aviation Safety
> Programs (as we have known them) will be gone by July. Future programs
> will be given by volunteers, with one FAA program coordinator (my term)
> for each region.

Yep, I heard the same thing from our FSDO in Des Moines. Roger Clark,
the long-time safety seminar presenter, is being reassigned to "other
duties"...

It's too bad -- I thought they were good programs, and well done.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[Robert M. Gary]

The FAA programs were always second best anyway.

-Robert

[Jose]

> Future programs
> will be given by volunteers, with one FAA program coordinator (my term)
> for each region.

We had one given by a prop salesman. Seemed to be good info, but it got
kind of religious after a while and it seemed like he was selling prop
treatments.

Jose
--
The price of freedom is... well... freedom.
for Email, make the obvious change in the address.

[Jay Honeck]

> We had one given by a prop salesman. Seemed to be good info, but it got
> kind of religious after a while and it seemed like he was selling prop
> treatments.

When you're a hammer, everything looks like a nail...

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[NOIRS]

john smith wrote:
> Was told by an FAA FSDO employee that the General Aviation Safety
> Programs (as we have known them) will be gone by July. Future programs
> will be given by volunteers, with one FAA program coordinator (my term)
> for each region.


Any surprise? The FAA's new budget priorities are Gay pride
celebrations and hiring black females who are unqualified at
black urban job fairs. Aviation Safety? That's not
important. Social engineering and diversity is.

Your tax money at work

[Morgans]

"Jay Honeck" > wrote

> When you're a hammer, everything looks like a nail...

I've heard that one before, and I *still* like it!
--
Jim (banging away) in NC

[B A R R Y]

Robert M. Gary wrote:
> The FAA programs were always second best anyway.

I thought the programs given my Bob Martens, here in Southern New
England were very good to excellent, and well worth the time. I
probably wasn't the only one who thought so, as the examples I saw were
often very well attended.

[B A R R Y]

Longworth wrote:
>
> I have frequently attended AOPA and FAA's safety seminars from
> several FSDOs (Windsor Locks, Albany and Teterboro). I agree that
> program given by Bob Martens were excellent. It's unfortunate that Bob
> had recently retired .

Rumor has it that he may take up part-time flight instructing.

If he does, there will be a couple of very lucky students out there.
I'd have to believe that his mix of experience and personality would
make a top notch CFI.