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--- airfieldmanual:1._key_messages [2025/02/21 09:09] – created - external edit 127.0.0.1
+++ airfieldmanual:1._key_messages [2026/03/10 15:40] (current) – [0.1 Non-Flying Club Members] kateb
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-====== - #1 Key Messages ======
+====== 1. Key Messages ======
-===== - Purpose of this Manual =====
+===== 1.1 Purpose of this Manual =====
 The primary focus of the SGC Board, instructors and members is one of safety on the ground and in the air.
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 This information is consistent with the [[https://members.gliding.co.uk/laws-rules/|BGA Laws and Rules]] in particular [[https://members.gliding.co.uk/managing-flying-risk-index/|Managing Flying Risk]] and is, in effect, the application of the BGA L&R and Safety Management System to our activities here at Portmoak.
 The information in this manual will be updated as necessary; the current version here will be the definitive version. The manual should be read along with supporting reference material available from the [[https://gliding.co.uk|BGA]] website, in particular the BGA L&R and guidance mentioned above.
 Please note that the BGA website information is updated on a continual basis.
-===== - Requirements of Members and Visitors =====
+===== 1.2 Requirements of Members and Visitors =====
 The following sets out the regulations, guidance and advice that pilots, members and visitors should be reasonably familiar with and comply with to the best extent possible.
-==== 0.0.1 Qualified Pilots (Bronze C plus CCE, LAPL(S) or SPL) including visiting pilots ====
-=== 0.0.1.1 Regulations and Guidance ===
+==== 1.2.1 Qualified Pilots (SPL) including visiting pilots ====
+=== 1.2.1.1 Regulations and Guidance ===
   * EASA Single European Rules of the Air ([[https://www.easa.europa.eu/regulation-groups/sera-standardised-european-rules-air|SERA]]) [(easa>Following withdrawal from the EU the UK Government has retained EU/EASA regulations and is implementing amendments by UK law. The CAA has indicated it will mirror EASA regulations for at least the first two years after Brexit, i.e. until end of December 2022. The status of UK Aviation law including the retained EU regulations can be seen at [[https://info.caa.co.uk/uk-regulations/|UK Aviation Law]] )]
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   * UK CAA Rules of the Air ([[https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/840/pdfs/uksi_20150840_en.pdf|RotA]]) [(RotA>The CAA RotA have several exemptions from SERA plus other national regulations.)]
   * CAA [[https://www.caa.co.uk/General-aviation/Safety-information/The-Skyway-Code/|Skyway Code]]
-  * BGA Laws and Rules in particular the [[https://members.gliding.co.uk/library/bga-requirements-guidance/operational-regulations-of-the-bga/|Operational Regulations]] and [[https://members.gliding.co.uk/managing-flying-risk-index/|Managing Flying Risk]]
+  * BGA Laws and Rules in particular the [[https://members.gliding.co.uk/laws-rules/bga-operational-regulations/|Operational Regulations]] and [[https://members.gliding.co.uk/managing-flying-risk-index/|Managing Flying Risk]]
   * The Flight Manual for the glider(s) they fly
   * Portmoak Airfield Operations Manual (this document)
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 ~~REFNOTES~~
-=== 0.0.1.2 Licencing/Qualifications/Logbook ===
+=== 1.2.1.2 Licensing/Qualifications/Logbook ===
-  * From 30th September 2025 all glider pilots will be required to hold a UK CAA Sailplane Pilots Licence (SPL) [(spl>The BGA will facilitate the issue of/conversion to the SPL – refer [[https://members.gliding.co.uk/2024/06/11/sailplane-pilot-licence-conversion/|BGA licence conversion]])]. Pilots under training or direct supervision do not need a SPL.
+  * From 30th September 2025 all glider pilots are required to hold a UK CAA Sailplane Pilots Licence (SPL) [(spl>The BGA will facilitate the issue of/conversion to the SPL – refer [[https://members.gliding.co.uk/2024/06/11/sailplane-pilot-licence-conversion/|BGA licence conversion]])]. Pilots under training or direct supervision do not need a SPL.
   * Up-to-date flying logbook
-==== - New Members & Student Pilots (not yet Qualified Pilots) ====
+==== 1.2.2 New Members & Student Pilots (not yet Qualified Pilots) ====
   * Up-to-date flying logbook
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   * The regulations and information listed in 1.2.1.1 on an “as-needed” basis
-==== - Medicals ====
-  * All solo pilots and PIC’s must have a valid medical or medical declaration appropriate for their flying privileges and their licence/certificate – with a copy provided to the office
+==== 1.2.3 Medicals ====
-  * At present, self-certification or possession of a driving licence is all that is required for solo flying or flying with another qualified pilot
-==== - Currency ====
+  * All solo pilots and PICs must have a valid medical or pilot medical declaration appropriate for their flying privileges and their licence – with a copy uploaded to Aerolog
-  * All solo pilots and PIC’s must follow the currency and privileges requirements detailed in [[4. Flying_Authorisation#Currency_and_Privileges|Currency and Privileges]].
-==== - Private Owners ====
+==== 1.2.4 Currency ====
+  * All solo pilots and PICs must follow the currency and privileges requirements detailed in [[:airfieldmanual:4._flying_authorisation#currency_and_privileges|Currency and Privileges]].
+==== 1.2.5 Private Owners ====
   * A current Airworthiness Review Certificate (ARC)
   * A current Annual inspection
-  * A Self-Declared Maintenance Programme ([[https://members.gliding.co.uk/2019/01/31/self-declared-maintenance-programme-sdmp/|SDMP]]) for the glider
+  * A Self-Declared Maintenance Programme ([[https://members.gliding.co.uk/airworthiness-2/annual-maintenance-and-arc/|SDMP]]) for the glider
   * Appropriate and valid insurance
   * BGA [[https://members.gliding.co.uk/airworthiness-2/|Airworthiness Procedures]]
-==== - Non-Flying Club Members ====
+==== 1.2.6 Non-Flying Club Members ====
   * Relevant parts of this Portmoak Airfield Operations Manual for ground operations
-Start | [[airfieldmanual:start#contents|Contents]] | [[2. Safety on the Airfield and in the Air]]
+Start | [[:airfieldmanual:start#contents|Contents]] | [[:airfieldmanual:2._safety_on_the_airfield_and_in_the_air|2. Safety on the Airfield and in the Air]]