Texas
Soaring Association, Inc.
TSA Instruction Delays –
Board of Directors Institutes Duty Instructor Plan
New members are keenly aware of the delays in being assigned to a TSA Instructor to supervise their training; and most existing members have experienced difficulty in scheduling an appointment with a TSA Instructor. The TSA Board of Directors has addressed this problem by arranging to have a duty instructor available each Saturday.
Starting Saturday July 7,
there will be a TSA Instructor rostered to act as Duty Instructor, starting at
10.00 am each Saturday. The Duty Instructor should have at least 4 instructing
slots available during the day. In special circumstances, notice will be posted on
the TSA webpage in the event of the schedule being for a different day or start
time. The first special circumstance will be on Saturday July 21 when the Duty
Instructor will not be available until after the termination of the TSA Board
of Directors meeting scheduled for that morning.
How do you sign up for a
Duty Instructor slot? Slots will be allocated on a first-come first served
basis by signing up on the Duty
Instructor Sign-Up List on the day in question. Tell the Duty Instructor
that you have signed up so that he/she knows you are on the field, and what you
want to accomplish. The Duty Instructor
Sign-Up List will be held by the duty Line Chief. Members will fly in order
of sign-up unless the member at the top of the list elects to cede his/her
position to the member next on the list. You will also need to sign-up on the Sign-Up Sheet for TSA Gliders for your
2-place glider of choice. That list will also be held by the duty Line Chief.
Sign up early to avoid disappointment!
If you are not present on
the field when your turn comes, you risk losing your slot!
Please
note that training at TSA is provided by TSA Instructors in three general ways.
One, to a TSA Instructor’s individually assigned student. Two, to other members
at mutually agreed times when the TSA Instructor concerned is available and not
busy with an already assigned student. Three, by the TSA Instructor serving on
the Duty Instructor roster. Pending assignment to a TSA supervising Instructor,
members (new members included) are free (A) to make a training appointment with
a TSA Instructor who is available, (B) to sign up and fly with the Duty
Instructor, and (C) to use the TSA discount arrangement to get training up to
first solo at Southwest Soaring at Caddo Mills TX, details of which are
provided with TSA’s orientation materials. A contact list of current TSA
Instructors is set out below.
If
you have any questions, please e-mail or call me. Remember that TSA is a
self-help operation. While you are awaiting your slot with the Duty Instructor,
please help out on the field or around the club and make your contribution to
getting things done quicker and better!
Dean
Carswell
Chief
Flight Instructor
July
4, 2007
Current
TSA Instructors
|
Dean
Carswell (Chief Flight Instructor) |
(972)-775-1835/rdcarswell@aol.com |
|
John
Latson |
(214)-826-6492/jlatson@aol.com |
|
Paul
Searles |
(214)-675-8258/paulsearles@mac.com |
|
Andy
Frechtling |
(972)-435-2478/acfrechtling@intergate.com |
|
Willy
Hackett |
(817)-249-1132/thehacketts@usahacketts.com |
|
Tammie
Carswell |
(972)-775-3583/tammiecarswell@aol.com |
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