Fwd: "Pilot Deviation Safety Tip" - FAASafety.gov

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From: FAASafety.gov <announce@faasafety.gov>
Date: Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 5:57 PM
Subject: "Pilot Deviation Safety Tip" - FAASafety.gov
To: harperaviation@gmail.com

	FAA Safety Team | Safer Skies Through Education
Pilot Deviation Safety Tip Notice Number: NOTC3078 When "Once a Day" is not so good! Nearly every day a pilot incurs a violation in the Washington DC Special Flight Rules Area (SFRA) for infractions that are entirely avoidable.   A typical deviation reads, "Aircraft observed in the SFRA with a 1200 transponder code."  Voice recordings indicate pilots revert to ingrained habit-patterns and fail to keep their assigned beacon code when cancelling their IFR flight plans in the SFRA. The old saying that, "Good habits are good friends" is true, but the question here is, "What is the good habit?" It is to ask yourself, "What should the transponder code be?" And the answer is not always 1200! Pilots operating VFR within 60 NM of the DCA VOR are required to obtain online training at http://www.faasafety.gov. The Course Number for the special training course, Washington DC Special Flight Rules Training Course, is ALC-55. You can find the course in the Online Course Catalog under the Courses tab. Statistically, pilots who complete this required training are less likely to incur a SFRA violation.   To avoid incurring a violation for an action or inaction that could have been easily prevented, it is strongly recommended that all pilots planning a flight, VFR or IFR, within 100 NM of the DCA VOR/DME take the special awareness training course.   You may read the entire FDC Notam 0/8326 at http://tfr.faa.gov/save_pages/detail_0_8326.html This notice is being sent to you because you selected "General Information" in your preferences on FAASafety.gov. If you wish to adjust your selections, log into https://www.faasafety.gov/Users/pub/preferences.aspx where you can update your preferences.
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Anthony Harper