A NEW PARTNERSHIP is to be forged between the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) and the US National Association of Flight Instructors (NAFI).
NAFI, which represents nearly 3,000 flight instructors, has reached agreement in principle to affiliate with the EAA. Following a ratification vote by members, expected by 20 April, NAFI will move its headquarters from Dublin, Ohio, to the EAA's base at Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
"Right now, with tort reform and the word that Cessna is getting back into the small-aircraft business, there is an excitement in the aviation industry," says NAFI president Jack Eggspuehler. "This is the perfect time to look at how we will prepare future pilots," he adds.
NAFI board director Macy Teetor says that the organisation would be working with the EAA's flight-advisory programme to reduce the number of accidents experienced with homebuilts in the first few hours of flight.
Source: Flight International
