Proficiency Checklist Could Save You Fuel Costs

We all work hard to develop the skills necessary to pass a checkride. A lot of effort and expense is involved. But we often lose sight of the real objective-not just building those skills to pass a checkride, but to keep those skills sharp so that we might call upon them when theyre needed. One mechanism to help us do that efficiently is a proficiency checklist, one inspired by an Aviation Safety article enough years ago that its been lost in the easily accessed archives. Recently weve gotten some feedback from long-time readers that they liked the article and still use the ideas presented there. They suggested we revisit the idea and present it again. Given the extraordinary cost of fuel and flying today, its become ever more difficult to allocate the money to just go up and play or even to simply maintain proficiency. Increasingly, weve got to have a specified purpose to justify going flying. Before we delve into the proficiency checklist, though, lets take a look at the way a typical GA pilot maintains proficiency.

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Key Takeaways:

• Pilots often achieve "acute proficiency" only for checkrides, leading to skill degradation rather than continuous "chronic proficiency."
• The article proposes a "proficiency checklist" as a systematic, progressive method to maintain and continuously sharpen aviation skills, similar to progressive aircraft maintenance.
• This involves creating a personalized list of skills with assigned practice frequencies, then integrating these practices into routine flights to maximize efficiency, enhance enjoyment, and reduce operational costs.

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