Why have an 'Operations Manual' at all?Well, for a number of reasons.
The Club needs a medium to communicate to its members the way it operates, administers itself and trains its pilots.
Existing pilots want to understand how the club works and what the PMC pilot's ladder of progression looks like. New members need to understand what the sport is about, read for themselves how their training will be structured and is likely to progress.
Our Insurance underwriters need an insight as to how we train and administer ourselves. The rules and ethics that we put in place and the training system we use tells them a lot about us and how safe an insurance bet its pilots are likely to be. A draft of the manual was submitted to our brokers some time ago. We did this to secure insurance cover for our members and instructors and achieved a cracking policy and rate in the process.
We all want to keep this sport running as it is. The freedom of action that we enjoy is unequalled elsewhere within UK aviation. As long as we remain responsible and can demonstrate that we are worthy of this self determination we are likely to be able to retain it. PCOM provides a method for doing this.
The manual is not complex but it is comprehensive and growing with every Edition. The advice within is being formed using the best sources possible. I can assure you that although I am writing it, more experienced Paramotor heads than mine are having a heavy influence in its construction.
In the replies that follow I will outline the structure of the Manual and illustrate its content for you.
Please be patient as this will take a little time.
