Limerick Flying Club (Coonagh) Ltd Regulations

In these regulations:

1. The words "the Club" shall mean Limerick Flying Club (Coonagh) Limited.
2. The word "Committee" shall mean the Committee of the Limerick Flying Club (Coonagh) Limited.
3. The word "Member" shall mean a member of the Limerick Flying Club (Coonagh) Limited, or any other Club with which the Limerick Flying Club (Coonagh) Limited has an agreement for reciprocity of membership.
4. The words "Chief Flying Instructor", "Flight Instructor" and "Aircraft Engineer" shall refer to the person employed or engaged by the Limerick Flying Club (Coonagh) Limited in those capacities and to persons given honorary appointments in these capacities.
5. The words "Club’s Aerodrome" shall mean an Aerodrome the property of the Club or for the time being in general use by the Club.
6. Words implying the masculine gender shall apply equally to females.
7. The Committee is vested with the duty of administering these regulations and is vested with the authority necessary for this purpose.
8. The Chief Flying Instructor shall, subject to the control of the Committee, be responsible for the organization and discipline of the Club’s ground staff and for the control and supervision of all flying of the Club’s aircraft.
9. Members must report to the Committee in cases of infringement of these regulations coming to their notice.
10. No person may fly in the Club’s aircraft (except as a passenger) unless he is a flying member of the Club and is the holder of a current Student’s license or Pilot’s license issued or validated by the appropriate Government Department.
11. Before making his first solo flight, each member shall be required to satisfy the Chief Flying Instructor that he has got a satisfactory knowledge of the provisions of all Acts Statutory Instruments and Orders relating to Civil Aviation in Ireland.
12. No flight by a Student member in any of the Club’s aircraft may be undertaken unless the flight has previously been authorized by one of the Club’s instructors.
13. No member may carry passengers in the Club’s aircraft unless he is the holder of an appropriate current Private Pilot’s license.
14. Any licensed member may at any time be called upon to do a check flight with an Instructor before being permitted to fly solo if sufficient reason warrants.
15. Each Pilot member shall keep a Pilot’s log book of an approved type in which particulars of each flight carried out by him shall be recorded. This log book must be presented to the Chief Flying Instructor at any time if requested.
16. Any member who has not flown as Pilot in Command of a particular type of aircraft for a period of eight weeks is required to undergo a check flight under the direction of a Club Instructor.
17. Any member damaging a club aircraft in a manner which is considered by the Committee, having regard to his experience and competence, to be due to his negligence may be held liable for the damage. T
18. he Committee may from time to time fix the charges for the use of the Club’s aircraft. A statement to this effect signed by the appropriate committee member shall be prominently displayed in the Club's premises and shall be deemed to form a part of these regulations.
19. Flights may be booked in advance by members of the Club, but booking shall be cancelled if the member is not present five minutes before the time fixed for the commencement of his flight. All bookings by Students are provisional and subject to the Instructors discretion as to the suitability of the weather or other conditions likely to affect the flight, the type of flight or the number of machines available.
20. No member may perform aerobatics in the Club’s aircraft unless he holds, from the Chief Flying Instructor, a certificate authorizing him to perform aerobatics. Such a certificate shall be renewable every six months or may be revoked by the Chief Flying Instructor at any time.
21. In the case of any damage being occasioned to the Club’s aircraft whilst in the charge of a member, the member shall forthwith report the matter to the Chief Flying Instructor or his deputy. In addition, as soon as possible, he should forward to the Club Secretary a written report giving full particulars of the circumstances of the damage.
22. All flights to unfamiliar aerodromes, farm strips, unlicenced airfields or private land owners' sites must be authorised by the CFI or deputy CFI before the commencement of the flight.
23. In order to promote an awareness of local traffic, regarding both situation and condition, the practice and use of VHF communication equipment (when fitted and serviceable) is strongly recommended.
    
24. Smoking in the Club’s aircraft is prohibited unless permitted in the Flight Manual of the particular aircraft.
25. No member may mechanically interfere with the Club’s aircraft except with the expressed permission of the Chief Flying Instructor or Ground Engineer or their deputy.
26. A Student member may not start up the engine in a club aircraft unless he has been authorized by the Instructor to do so. Furthermore, no person shall be start an engine by hand unless he has had specific training in hand starting techniques and there is a Pilot member, Instructor or qualified aircraft Engineer in the cockpit.
27. Under no circumstances may an engine be run whilst the aircraft is in the hangar or in a position so that the slip-stream will blow back into the hangar.
28. No member shall fly a Club aircraft without first ascertaining that the machine is sufficiently fueled for the flight and is in all respects in a fit condition for the flight.
29. No member shall fly a Club aircraft unless the safety harness is used and properly fastened. In the case of solo flights, the Pilot shall be responsible for seeing that the safety harness and cushions are in a secure state so as to give rise to the risk of interfering with the controls of the aircraft or otherwise cause damage. In the case of a member carrying passengers, it shall be the duty of such member to ensure that the passenger’s harness is properly fastened and that the passenger has been given a full safety brief.
30. Any member noticing any unusual behavior on the part of an aircraft or engine will report the matter to the Chief Flying Instructor, Ground Engineer or their deputy.
31. Every member shall, while using Club aircraft, observe the practices of good airmanship. The Committee in conjunction with the Chief Flying Instructor, shall be entitled to take disciplinary action against any member deemed to be guilty of a breach of these regulations and for this purpose shall be entitled to disqualify such member, either permanently or temporarily, from flying in Club aircraft. In addition, the Committee shall be entitled to recoup to the Club such sum of money that the Committee may specify as representing loss or damage occasioned to the Club by breach of the regulations by a member. Any sum so specified shall be deemed to be a civil debt due by the member to the Club. A member who has disciplinary action taken against him has a right to appeal to the Committee.
32. The Club prohibits the carriage of persons in club aircraft who are under the influence of drugs, including alcohol.
33. Any pilot involved in an aircraft accident or serious incident (as defined in Part 1 of SI 205 of 1997) shall not fly a club aircraft as Pilot in Command until specifically cleared to do so by the Chief Flying Instructor.
34. Any amendment to the Flying Regulations will require approval by the Club Committee in conjunction with the Chief Flying Instructor and the flight instructors.
35. The Chief Flying Instructor, or his authorised deputy, may temporarily ground any member on the spot if he sees fit.
36. The decision of the Committee on the interpretation of these Regulations shall be final and conclusive and binding to all members.
37. Nothing in these rules shall be interpreted as contradicting national or international aviation laws rules or procedures which will always take precedence. Any errors in this document should be brought to the notice of a member of the committee.