<p>Dear Instructors,</p><p>IMPORTANT.</p><p>The new (future) PBN Instructors can now follow a course provided by the BCAA.</p><p>Please read the document below.</p><p>Take contact with me if interested. As ATO we will register you.</p><p>Kind regards</p><p>Pierre</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Dear,&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />With this letter, the BCAA Training Department would like to invite the relevant ATO instructors and examiners to the initial BCAA theoretical briefing of future PBN-instructors.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />There are 2 sessions (2x 1-day training, offered twice to be able to host as many candidates as possible and facilitate respective availability/agenda): &bull; Tuesday May 17th, 2016 ( 9h30 &ndash; 16h00), OR &bull; Tuesday June 7th, 2016 ( 9h30 &ndash; 16h00) (Each attendant should be present for only 1 of both days)&nbsp;<br />Location: City Atrium, FPS Mobility, 3rd floor (BCAA), room 3A07&nbsp;<br />Please be so kind to forward this invitation to the following of your ATO INSTRUCTORS ONLY, when complying with either of the following conditions:&nbsp;<br />1. ATO Theoretical Knowledge Instructors ATPL(A) 062 Radio Navigation.&nbsp; 2. ATO Post holders: Head of Training (HT), Chief Flight Instructor (CFI), Chief Theoretical Knowledge Instructor (CTKI), collaborators involved in composition of manuals/training programs.&nbsp; 3. FI-IR(A), IRI(A) that can demonstrate OBJECTIVELY via a statement of a European ATO/ Examiner/AOC holder/Operator that have received training and hold prior approval for PBN approaches, checked by an examiner and have operational experience with a European operator. 4. Examiners that can demonstrate OBJECTIVELY via a statement of a European ATO/Examiner /AOC holder/Operator that have received training and hold prior approval for PBN approaches, checked by an examiner and have operational experience with a European operator.&nbsp;<br />In order to provide PBN-training, each ATO should compose an Annex to their IR(A)-program, describing the theoretical and practical PBN training in the ATO. All instructors (TKI/FI/IRI/IRE) that attended the BCAA theoretical PBN briefing may be credited for the theoretical part of the PBNtraining in an ATO, to obtain PBN-privileges.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />Attendants of category 1 (TKI Radio Navigation) may provide theoretical training in PBN and may be credited for the theoretical part of their own PBN training, when having attended 1 of both BCAA<br />Your communication:&nbsp; Your reference : Our reference: Annex : Brussels,&nbsp;&nbsp; LA/L-TRA/OG/JVH/2016-0013&nbsp; 1/05/2016<br />&nbsp;<br />Pagina 2 / 2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />www.mobilit.fgov.be<br />theoretical training sessions. Category 2 (FI-IR, IRI, with PBN experience, demonstrated objectively) may provide both theoretical and practical training within the ATO (Minimum 5 approaches on FNPTII, or airplane, up to proficiency), to their colleague FI-IR and IRI (that cannot demonstrate prior training/experience), license holders and students IR(A).&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />Category 3 (IRE with PBN experience demonstrated objectively) will take the initial PBN skill-tests, proficiency checks IR(A), with PBN included, or a shortened PBN-checks (a minimum of 2 PBN approaches on airplane should be performed with examiner) and sign-off students, license holders, instructors and other examiners (that could not demonstrate prior training/experience) for PBN in their logbook.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />BCAA has the ability to offer the initial training to INSTRUCTORS AND EXAMINERS ONLY (100 persons per session). Please distribute this letter a widely as possible among colleague instructor/examiners, but attendance &ldquo;out of interest&rdquo; should to be avoided, by license holders not involved in IR(A)training in Belgian ATO. In the light of difficulty of reaching &ldquo;foreign license holders&rdquo;, among the ATO instructors and examiners, ATO and instructors are requested to inform other possible candidates that respond to either 4 categories of candidates for the theoretical briefing at BCAA.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />The only objective proof accepted by BCAA for the initial practical instructors (FI-IR and IRI) and examiners (IRE) is either:&nbsp; &bull; Proof of training in a European approved ATO, or &bull; Proof of training by a European approved AOC/Operator, AND &bull; Proof of examination by a European approved examiner&nbsp;<br />Third country experience &amp; training cannot be accepted. Having performed unauthorized/unsupervized PBN-approaches can also not be taken into consideration. Please confirm the attendance via the ATO (avoid individual registration, to avoid e-mail overload), if belonging to either of the 4 above mentioned categories of instructors/examiners. In case of doubt, please motivate your request/motivation to attend the BCAA PBN-training, if not belonging to either of the 4 categories.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />FI-IR, IRI and IRE that will provide the initial training/take initial PBN skill-tests, are requested to bring the necessary documents to demonstrate experience.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>