Chad is the editor of AINalerts, AIN's daily business aviation newsletter, and is also the news editor at AIN Media Group.&nbsp;He has been writing about aviation, with an emphasis on business aviation, since 1994. Chad started his writing career at The Avion,&nbsp;the&nbsp;student newspaper at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida, serving as editor-in-chief before graduating with a bachelor's in aeronautical science. After a stint as managing editor at Professional Pilot&nbsp;magazine, he joined&nbsp;AIN in late 1998. Chad holds a commercial pilot certificated with instrument and multi-engine ratings, and he also is a CFI/CFII. He lives and works from his home in Venice, Florida.

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Chad Trautvetter

FlightSafety International announced yesterday that it is again offering its proficiency protection program for 2012. The program is intended to help laid-off business aircraft pilots and maintenance technicians maintain their proficiency by providing no-cost training.


To be eligible, pilots and technicians must have lost their jobs as a result of a staff reduction or job elimination that occurred after January 1 this year. In addition, they must have been training under a FlightSafety full-service contract at the time of the involuntary job loss.


For pilots, the no-cost training provided under the program will be for an aircraft type that they trained on under that agreement. Maintenance technicians who were enrolled in the company’s master technician program at the time of involuntary job loss can receive the next course toward the completion of the program at no cost. The free course must be started while the pilot or technician is unemployed and completed by year-end.


Pilots and technicians who qualify and take advantage of this program “are not required to repay the cost of the course or to enter into a new training agreement with FlightSafety once re-employed,” the company said.


Program details, including eligibility requirements and training request forms, are available at <a href="http://www.flightsafety.com/fs_proficiency_protection.php">FlightSafety’s website</a>.

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