Fraser Valley (Lower Mainland) Flight Instructor Collision Risk Survey
This survey is for Flight Instructors in the Lower Mainland, and serves the purpose of obtaining more information about the nature of the risk, as perceived and experienced by those conducting flight training.  The results will be shared with all interested.  For more information, contact cfilfs@gmail.com.
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From which airport do you conduct your training flights?
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What is your FIRST CHOICE of practice area used for your dual training?
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What is your SECOND CHOICE of practice area used for your dual training?
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What is the FIRST CHOICE of practice area assigned to your students for solo practice flights?
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What is the SECOND CHOICE of practice area assigned to your students for solo practice flights?
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A large portion of the Pitt Meadows (CYA 185) and Harrison (CYA 186) practice areas are located in mountainous and/or forested terrain.  How frequently do you conduct your training flights above mountainous or forested terrain?
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How often do you conduct flight training to the US?
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While conducting DUAL FLIGHT in the Lower Mainland, which of the following, in your  view, is the greatest risk to your flight safety?
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While supervising solo flights in the Lower Mainland, which of the following, in your view,  is the greatest risk to the flight safety of YOUR STUDENTS during their solo flights?
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In your view, which of the following practice areas present the GREATEST risk for mid-air collisions?
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In your view, which of the following practice areas present the LEAST risk for mid-air collisions?
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Based on your experience during training flights, rank the risk of collision with traffic converging from below:
Low risk
High risk
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Based on your experience during training flights, rank the risk of collision with traffic converging from above:
Low risk
High risk
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Based on your experience during training flights, rank the risk of collision with traffic converging from the side:
Low risk
High risk
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During the last year, how frequently have you had to use immediate evasive action to prevent collision with other aircraft?
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During your training flights conducted over the last year, how frequently has another aircraft come unexpectedly to within 1 mile of your aircraft?
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During your training flights conducted over the last year, how frequently has another aircraft come unexpectedly to within 1/2 mile of your aircraft?
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During your training flights conducted over the last year, how frequently has another aircraft come unexpectedly to within 1/4 mile of your aircraft?
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During your training flights conducted over the last year, how frequently has another aircraft passed unexpectedly within 500 feet of your aircraft?
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How would you assess the risk for mid-air collision in Pitt Meadows CYA 185?
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How would you assess the risk for mid-air collision in Glen Valley CYA 188?
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How would you assess the risk of mid-air collision along the corridor centred on Matsqui Island, north of the Abbotsford Control Zone?
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How would you assess the risk for mid-air collision along the Fraser River between Mission & Chilliwack?
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How would you assess the risk for mid-air collision in Sumas CYA 187?
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How would you assess the risk for mid-air collision east of Chilliwack?
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How would you assess the risk for mid-air collision in the vicinity of Stave Falls?
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How would you assess the risk of collision in the vicinity of Boundary Bay Airport during control zone entry, exit, or transition?
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How would you assess the risk of collision in the vicinity  of Pitt Meadows Airport during control zone entry, exit, or transition?
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How would you assess the risk of collision in the vicinity of Fort Langley Airport (including float operations)?
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How would you assess the risk of collision in the vicinity of Abbotsford Airport during control zone entry, exit, or transition?
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How would you assess the risk of collision in the vicinity of Chilliwack Airport during control zone entry, exit, or transition?
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How would you assess the risk of collision in the vicinity of Langley Airport during control zone entry, exit, or transition?
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How would you assess the risk of collision in the vicinity of King George Aerodrome during control zone entry, exit, or transition?
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How would you assess the risk of collision in airspace that lies between Boundary Bay Airport, Pitt Meadows Airport, and Langley Airport?
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How would you assess the risk of collision in airspace that lies between Boundary Bay Airport and Langley Airport?
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How would you assess the risk of collision with other aircraft performing level exercises, such as slow flight and steep turns?
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How would you assess the risk of collision with other aircraft performing sudden altitude-loss maneuvers, such as spins & spirals?
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How would you assess the risk of collision with other aircraft performing prolonged altitude-loss maneuvers, such as forced approaches?
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How would you assess the risk of collision with other aircraft performing low level exercises, such as precautionary landings and diversions?
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How would you assess the risk of collision with large jet traffic (e.g., Boeing 737 ) on approach to Abbotsford descending below 6000'  between Mission & Chilliwack?
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How would you assess the risk of collision with large jet traffic (e.g., Boeing 737 ) on approach to Abbotsford descending below 6000'  between  Chilliwack and Kilgard?
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With respect to reducing the risk of mid-air collisions, how would you rank the effectiveness of position reporting on a common frequency?
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With respect to what you feel is the safest practice, should aircraft entering a practice area make a position report?
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With respect to what you feel is the safest practice, should aircraft transitioning a practice area make a position report?
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With respect to what you feel is the safest practice, should aircraft exiting a practice area make a position report?
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How frequently have you been unable to broadcast your position and intentions on the designated practice area frequency because of user congestion or saturation (too many aircraft transmitting at the same time)?
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How do you rate the safety risk of frequency congestion, and the related inability to report position and intentions during training flights?
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With respect to reducing frequency congestion, how would you rank the effectiveness of limited position and intention broadcasting in the practice areas to exercises that involve vertical changes in altitude--e.g., spins, spirals, stalls, and forced approaches?
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What percentage of radio broacasts from other aircraft on a the common frequencies do you clearly understand?
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Does your flight school have a specified procedure for reporting near-miss events during training flights?
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Does your flight school permit VFR multi-engine training south of the US border?
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Does your flight school permit private and commercial pilot training south of the US border?
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What is your preferred location for teaching students forced approaches?
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What is your preferred location that you assign to your students when they are practising solo forced approaches?
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Does your flight school operating procedures specify traffic-check procedures (clearing turns) to be used prior to conducting general maneuvers?
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If you are training your students in Cessna aircraft, does your flight school operating procedures require that you raise the wing biefly in the direction of the direct of the turn so as to check for traffic above?
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Does your flight school operating procedures require clearing turns before each spiral dive practice?
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Does your flight school operating procedures require clearing turns before each forced approach practice?
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Does your flight school operating procedures require clearing turns before steep turn practice?
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With respect to reducing the risk of mid-air collisions, how would you rank the effectiveness of increasing the size of airspace accessible to training aircraft--for example, raising the floor of Vancouver TCA between Langley and Harrison Hot Springs by 1000'?
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With respect to reducing the risk of mid-air collisions, how would you rank the effectiveness of published transition tracks between airports and practice areas, including altitude and direction restrictions?
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If the Pitt Meadows Control Zone were capped at 1900', would free overflight above Pitt Meadows Airport increase your use of the Pitt Meadows CYA 185 Practice Area?
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If the Pitt Meadows Control Zone were capped at 1900', would free overflight above Pitt Meadows Airport reduce your transition east and west over Langley Airport?
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If the Abbotsford Control Zone were capped at 2400', would free overflight above Abbotsford Airport increase your use of the Sumas CYA 187 Practice Area?
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If the Abbotsford Control Zone were capped at 2400', would free overflight above Abbotsford Airport decrease your transitions east and west over the the Fraser River?
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With respect to reducing the risk of mid-air collisions, how would you rank the effectiveness of an automated air traffic warning system—for example, NavCanada broadcasting on the ATIS, or an ATIS-type frequency, the identity of practice areas currently experiencing high traffic volumes?
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With respect to understanding the risk of mid-air collisions, how would you rank the effectiveness of centralized reporting system that captured date, time, proximity, and track information for near-miss incidents?
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Please describe your school operating procedures regarding solo student practice areas?
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Would you find it useful to learn the results of published research on collision risk in the Lower Mainland?
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