To All Check Pilots,

Over the past two years NHQ Stan/Eval has worked to develop an online interactive multi-media National Check Pilot Standardization Course (NCPSC) to replace it’s predecessor, a ground based instructional course. Procedural changes will occur with the start of the online program. There will no longer be a face-to-face check pilot meeting required by the course. Therefore, the associated check ride has been transferred to your annual Form-5 with an additional task specific section for CAP Instructor Pilots and Check Pilots.

The new NCPSC is scheduled to come online “live” on March 23, 2010. You can access the course through eServices. Access will be restricted with the use of your CAPID. After signing-in, you will find reference to a NCPSC application in the CAP Utilities section of Favorites on the left side of your screen. That tab will take you to the course Home Page. A Certificate of Completion will be issued at the end of the course. Any computer related problems should be reported via the CAP Help Desk link in the upper left corner of the screen.

Leslie Vazquez, Lt Col, CAP National Stan/Eval Advisor

About National Check Pilot Standardization Course

The National Check Pilot Standardization Course (NCPSC) originated as a ground school based course. It included an evaluation check ride for all check pilots as part of the course requirement. With the transition of many of the CAP training requirements to on-line type training programs, CAP NHQ has developed this comprehensive multi- media 5-6 hour course that includes all the previously required subject material plus additional topics. This online course fulfills the current four year NCPSC currency requirement.

In addition to the course subject material, the CAPF 5 has been modified to include instructor/check pilot specific evaluation requirements as part of each annual proficiency check for all CAP Instructors and Check Pilots. With this new course, the on-line NCPSC completion and a satisfactory annual standardized CAPF-5 proficiency flight check which includes the instructor/check pilot section are all that is required for a CAP pilot to maintain his/her qualifications as a check pilot. (This information is being included in CAPR 60-1.)

A Wing or Region may require their check pilots to attend an internal check pilot meeting or seminar as they so desire, but that is at the discretion of the Wing and/or Region. No formal ground school or seminar is required to meet the national requirements for initial or recurrent Check Pilot qualification. The authority to authorize pilots to be designated as a check pilot remains unchanged from current CAP regulations. Course material and subject matter will be reviewed and updated as needed to insure currency with CAP and FAA regulations and aviation related subjects.