SCHEDULING ETIQUETTE
Although our planes spend much of their time parked at home, it
sometimes
becomes challenging to find a scheduling vacancy over a weekend or
during
the vacation season. In order to fairly accommodate these 'prime'
scheduling
choices, we ask all members to conscientiously observe the following
rules,
practices and courtesies:
RULES
• Aircraft are reserved on a first-come-first-serve basis.
• Minimum billable time is one-hour-per-day for cross country
flights.
• Maximum sign-out time for the 182 and R182 is 15 consecutive
days.
• Maximum sign-out time for the 172 is 9 consecutive days.
• Only one aircraft per family membership may be used at any
one time.
PRACTICES
• In consideration of the R182 being used extensively for
cross country
flights, it is advisable to avoid scheduling it for short flights a long
time in advance, especially around the holidays and weekends.
• Members are requested to schedule planes so that there are
no more than
two weekends scheduled per member at any one time. The exception being,
one
additional weekend may be scheduled if that weekend is less than two
weeks
in advance.
• When unable to take a scheduled flight, release the aircraft.
• When returning early from a flight, release the aircraft.
• When unable to return the plane at its scheduled time,
contact the next
scheduled person to advise him/her of the situation.
COURTESIES
• Never schedule 'just in case' block-time. For example, "I'm
not sure when
I want to fly, so I'll just schedule several days so that a plane will
be
available to me just in case I want to use it."
• In a situation where a member is trying to schedule a cross
country flight
and is unable to do do so because of one or two short flights previously
scheduled by other members, we encourage the following:
The scheduling member determines what other aircraft are available at
the
conflicting times for possible use by the previously scheduled member.
The scheduling member contacts the previously scheduled member an asks
if he
or she would consider rescheduling to another time or using another
aircraft
pointing out what other planes are available at the same time.
The previously scheduled member uses another aircraft or reschedules at
another time.
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