Rental and Training Requirements

Before you are permitted to receive flight training and/or solo endorsement to rent our aircraft you must provide proof of, and conform to the following:

For existing rated pilots, to rent aircraft and/or receive training at CEFS you must be, have, or provide:

- You must be a US Citizen, born or naturalized.

- You must be english language proficient.

- You must present all your former and current flight logbook(s).

- A copy of your Drivers License.

- A copy of your Pilots License.

- A copy of your current aviation Medical Certificate.

- A copy of your last Flight Review endorsement.

- A signed CEFS Aircraft Rental Agreement indicating a full understanding and adherence to CEFS policy.

- Demonstrated by oral exam that you have read and understand the respective aircraft's POH and supplements.

- A completed aircraft knowledge test for each repective aircraft.

- An Aircraft Flight Check-out signed by one of our CFIs.

- No concerns to CEFS of any kind that one's current or future ability to safely operate the respective aircraft is in question.

- Your flight proficiency demonstration may, at the descretion of the CEFS CFI require multiple flights. If sufficient flight proficiency is not demonstrated over repeated flights CEFS will cease business with you.

For incoming Student Pilots to begin/resume training you must be, have or provide:

- You must be a US Citizen, born or naturalized.

- You must be english language proficient.

- You must present you current logbook if one is already started.

- A copy of your Drivers License.

- A copy of your Student Pilot License.

- A copy of your current aviation Medical Certificate.

- A copy of your Birth Certificate or Passport.

- A signed CEFS Aircraft Rental Agreement indicating a full understanding and adherence to CEFS policy.

- Demonstrated by oral exam you have read and understand the respective aircraft's POH and supplements.

Customer Evaluation:

- CEFS reserves the right and shall continually evaluate your current and/or future ability to safely operate the respective aircraft.

- CEFS reserves the right to request your vehicle driver's record at your expense from the state of your domicile.

- CEFS reserves the right at any time to investigate any history of resolved or unresolved safety issues or disputes of any kind with CEFS, other vendors or public officials.

- CEFS instructs so there is a balance of knowledge and skill. We have experienced customers who had knowledge and never developed sufficient skill. Conversely, we have experienced customers who had skill but failed to gain sufficient knowledge. CEFS will not endorse you to fly solo or endorse you for a FAA checkride without a proper demonstrated balance of both knowledge and skill combined. Otherwise, our training with you will cease.

- Both You and CEFS must continually observe in You:

- An on-going personal conformance to the IMSAFE critieria, meaning no significant imparing effects of:

• Illness.
• Medications.
• Stress.
• Anxiety.
• Fatigue or significant physical weakness.
• Emotion.

Our Performance and Safety Standards are Stringent:

- We continually observe our client's current physical condition, attention to flight planning and safety, skill and performance level as a pilot in the respective aircraft CEFS provides.

- If the Owner/Operator of CEFS or a CEFS CFI has concern(s) of any kind at any time (including lack of progression) you will be counseled on what and how to improve. If unsatisfactory improvement continues then you will not be cleared to fly solo. Rental/training/evaluation will cease.

- Experience matters but recoginze flying skill diminishes with inactivity. Proficiency flights are required to keep one's skills.

- CEFS has a variety of aircraft. No two aircraft models are equipped the same and performance numbers cannot be confused. Every aircraft is unique. You are required to read the POH of the respective aircraft before familiarization operations.

Conditions of Business with CEFS

- The Owner/Operator of CEFS or a CEFS CFI reserves the right at any time to require you to fly dual (permanently if deemed so) with a qualified pilot (qualified by CEFS) who is current and prepared to assume full Pilot-in-Command duties in the same aircraft.

Walk Aways.... (these situations have already happened)

- If you misrepresent your experience or are the least bit vague about your history your business will CEFS is terminated immedately. Walk away.

- If you fail to produce all of your pilot credentials or give some excuse your documentation is lost or unavailable we will not do business with you - Walk away.

- If your logbooks are not original documents we are not interested in doing business with you. Walk away.

- If you communicate with us via a translator app because your english-proficiency is non-existent we will not do business with you. CEFS is not a language school or some place to improve english skills. We are a flight school. Walk away.

- If you have not paid for services provided by other vendors your business with CEFS will be terminated immediately. Walk away.

- If you approach us and say something like "Hey, I need to rent your aircraft right away. I have somewhere I need to be right now" you will be refused. We have a process and you will not bypass our business, safety or security procedures. Walk away.

- If your pilot credentials have been revoked by the FAA or you have operated an aircraft as Pilot-in-Command without valid or with expired credentials at any time we are not interested in doing business with you. Walk away.

- If you have damaged/wrecked an aircraft and it is determined by the investigating authority to have been your fault, we are not interested in doing business with you. Walk away.

- If you have failed health, knowledge or flight proficiency checks elsewhere and are shopping for a "agreeable" flight school then CEFS is not your solution. Walk away.

- If you approach us and say something like "I do not want to waste time learning about that" then your business will be refused. Walk away.

- If you or your family has the dubious romantic? notion that you will "die doing what you love" in one of our aircraft then you show an unacceptable attitude of what the FAA terms bravado and resignation. Walk away.

- If we observe you to have or demonstrate an adverse attitude toward the FAA, CEFS or Airport rules and procedures in any your business with us will cease. Walk away.

- If you are member of, agreeable to, or associated with any organization or offshoot thereof deemed by the United States Government or any state of the United States as a "Designated Foreign Terriorist Organization" such as:

• CAIR - Counsel on American-Islamic Relations
• The Musilm Brotherhood
• HAMAS
• PLO
• Hezbollah
• Free Palestine
• ISIS or offshoot
• ANTIFA

Your business is refused. Your attempt to gain access to CEFS facilities, training and resources is reported to the FBI. CEFS will proactively warn adjacent flight schools and airport operators. Walk Away.

- If you or a family member makes any statement or threat toward CEFS with something like "nothing better happen to them/me" then understand an adverserial relationship already exists with CEFS and litigation is assured in an incident or accident. All rental and training will cease and our business is concluded effective immediately. Walk away.

- If you or a immediate family member is in the frequent habit of going to court and suing for damages your rental and training will cease at CEFS and our business is concluded. Walk away.

- If you are associated with, possess, or are participating in illegal drug activity and/or the abuse of legal drugs (alcohol is a legal drug) then your business with us will cease. Walk away.

- Regardless of the 1-Jul-2021 law signed by former VA Governor Ralph Northam that makes possession of marijuanna legal, your possession, ingestion of marijuanna/THC or use of CBD products (regardless of claimed purity) is cause for your business with CEFS to cease. This matter is not up for argument. Walk away.

Recognize CEFS aircraft are used to train both military and civillian drug sniffing dogs and law enforcement personnel using chemical wipes to detect drugs or explosives.

- If you use CEFS aircraft to violate or circumvent any laws of these United States then our business with you is concluded. If the respective aircraft is seized by authorities or lost due to non-conformance with the CEFS Aircraft Rental Agreement then you will be subject to the replacement cost of the aircraft, it's recovery and/or punitive damages for loss of business in Civil Court.

- If you have/display the attitude that you do all the talking and CEFS does all the listening then our business with you is concluded. Walk away.

- If you decide our training is inadequate and seek alternative sources of training information that are not CEFS employed or endorsed then our business is concluded. Youtube commenters are not CEFS flight instructors, are not supervised by CEFS, insured by CEF or accountable to CEFS in any way concerning performance failures that potentially lead to insurance policy claims. Learn from CEFS or Walk away.

- Airplanes are not toys but tools that enable travel. If your main interest in flying is joy-riding, self-promotion as an "Influencer" with the intent of gaining followers for social media, playing to a GoPro camera as if it were an audience, playing the big-shot and bragging to your friends in photo-shoots, creating and/or exacerbrating drama or padding your resume with no real committment to a serious working aviation career then in our opinion your reasons for participating in aviation are not about aviation. These actions are risky and potentially illegal. These kinds of distractions are a detriment to flight safety will not be tolerated in or around CEFS aircraft. We will not do business with you. Walk away.

Continuing:

One example of distracted self-promotional behavior is Engine Failure on Landing! - Fly with Kay and other "Fly with Kay" videos and similar other content producers. Kay's content speaks for itself but we will point out there is a clear demonstration of no operational concept of a sterile cockpit in these videos. Kay's distraction with the GoPro camera is near continuous.

All the above aside, we wish Ms. Kay a good measure of safety in her endeavours in her privately owned aircraft, preferrably away from CEFS operations and our Customers.

- If you have the inclination to act on "watch this" behaviour, then your business with CEFS is terminated immediately. Walk away.

- If your interest in business with CEFS is to leverage your knowledge of flying into enabling you to violate US law and/or bring harm in any way to the public or yourself then - Walk Away Now before we proactively report you to the FAA and applicable law enforcement.

When Problems Occur:

- CEFS reserves the right to pursue and/or volunteer factual information to any other vendor or authority for the purpose of identifying pilots, other vendors, passengers or associates who are reckless and pose a threat to our business, other businesses, themselves or the Public.

- CEFS will not cover for bad actors by silence.

In the Broadest Sense:

- If the Owner/Operator of CEFS determines that any of your actions past or current are an unacceptable liability to our operation then your business with us will cease. We reserve the right to terminate business with any customer at any time with or without explanation.

The Bottom Line:

- We do not compromise flight safety or unnecessary risks to our business or the Public. You will train in and operate our aircraft in the manner in which the manufacturer has defined in the POH and how we at CEFS instruct accordingly. All laws in every jurisdiction will be respected whether we agree with these or not. There are no exceptions including myself, the business owner.

Now, to end on a positive note lets (all) do aviation right, all the time.