SAFA Skysailor Magazine

51 SUMMER 2025 | December-January-February SKY SAILOR Table 16: AIRS reports, by qualification with fatality – past 5 years Qualification FY 2023 /24 FY 2022 /23 FY 2021 /22 FY 2020 /21 FY 2019 /20 Total PG 1 PG 2 PG 3 2 2 PG 4 2 2 PG 5 1 1 2 PG VPM 1 1 HG Student HG Supervised HG Intermediate HG Advanced 1 1 PPG Foot Launch PPG Wheelbase WM Student WM Pilot 2 1 3 Passenger 1 1 2 No qualificatiom 1 1 Total 3 0 0 5 6 14 Let’s compress those numbers down into disciplines. Table 17: AIRS reports, by discipline – past 5 years Discipline FY 2023 /24 FY 2022 /23 FY 2021 /22 FY 2020 /21 FY 2019 /20 Total HG 14 11 13 19 15 72 PG 101 83 126 150 106 566 PPC* 1 1 PPG 1 7 11 15 34 PPG-F* 1 2 3 PPG-W* 1 1 2 WM 3 2 2 5 4 16 Total 120 100 149 185 140 694 Table 18: AIRS reports, by discipline with injury – past 5 years Discipline FY 2023 /24 FY 2022 /23 FY 2021 /22 FY 2020 /21 FY 2019 /20 Total HG 3 7 7 12 10 39 PG 46 44 54 55 52 251 PPC* PPG 1 3 3 2 9 PPG-F* 1 1 2 PPG-W* 1 1 WM 2 1 1 3 2 9 Total 53 53 66 73 66 311 Table 19: AIRS reports, by discipline with fatality – past 5 years Discipline FY 2023 /24 FY 2022 /23 FY 2021 /22 FY 2020 /21 FY 2019 /20 Total HG 1 1 PG 2 2 3 7 PPC* PPG PPG-F* PPG-W* WM 1 2 1 4 Passenger 1 1 2 Total 3 0 0 5 6 14 * PPC, PPG-F and PPG-W categories were added to the AIRS system in FY 21/22 We’ll finish up with a look at hours flown reported within our systems. Many of you will be familiar with our Online Logbook system, as it is a requirement for validating your airtime for progression from the Su- pervised ratings to a higher qualification.