1. CITIZENS SERVING COMMUNITIES
Civil Air Patrol
FY18 Flying Plan Training for Wing and Region Staff Officers Colonel Carlton Sumner HQ CAP/DOT
CITIZENS SERVING COMMUNITIES

2. Webinar Presenters John Desmarais Director of Operations
National Headquarters
Colonel Carlton Sumner
Chief of Operations Training
National Headquarters

3. Webinar Rules of Engagement
Members in the field will be in listen only mode. We have several hundred members signed up, so having everyone with an open microphone is not supportable.
We will try to answer questions throughout the webinar though. Just type your questions, and we will either answer you directly via text or provide a voice answer to your question.
The webinar itself, questions, and chat log are being recorded, so please remain respectful.

4. Webinar Objectives Training and Flying Plan “Big Picture”
2018 Training and Flying Plan due dates
Lessons Learned & Helpful Hints

5. “Big Picture”
Goal of the Training and Flying plans is to “standardize” mission request formatting
More than half of CAP flying comes in these flying program areas that we control, and implementation this way has increased our flying
Working toward a mirror image between Training and Flying Plan and what is in WMIRS
Plans are built using a “Top Down” approach
Regions should be using national goals to construct their plans, only adding new goals if critical to meet mission requirements
Wings should be using Region and National goals to construct their plans, only adding new goals if critical to meet mission requirements

6. “Big Picture”
Wings are strongly encouraged to engage their groups and squadrons when preparing their plans
What about goals from a group or squadron level that don’t support Wing, Region or National goals?
Plans are executed at the wing level; add a wing specific goal if truly necessary
Discuss with your Region counterparts
There could be ideas that we should be incorporating at a national level
Use the free flow of information through the chain of command – information should be going up and down the line

7. “Big Picture” FY17 Flying Plan Implementation
Significantly more requested than anticipated available
Training: $1.16M for $900K budget
Would have been significantly higher if wing budgets were not limited up front
So far this year 79% of training missions are from the plan as compared to 62% for all of FY16
Flight Evaluations: $574K for $500K budget
Proficiency: $1.19M for $600K budget
Cadet Orientation Flights: $1.65M for
Subordinate Unit Inspections: $57K for $30K budget

8. Dates to Remember 2018 Training and Flying Plan Module is Open
2018 Training and Flying Plan Input Targets
Regions – May 31st
Wings – June 30th
Plans are required to be submitted to the Liaison Regions by 31 July
Missions cannot be imported for the new FY until approved; ideally changes required by LRs should be made quickly to allow for approval by 31 August

9. Lessons Learned & Helpful Hints
Use the data available
FY17 is not complete, so the data is not filled in yet.

10. Lessons Learned & Helpful Hints
Use the data available…and don’t be afraid to look at past years as well
Just change the plan year

11. Lessons Learned & Helpful Hints
Don’t take the path of least resistance
Averaging throughout the year is not realistic
Planned growth should be reasonable
Know what your priorities are during a long CR

12. Consider what your flying really costs (it’s already there for you), inflation must be realistic – 2% recommended; fuel has not gone up a lot, and in some cases is lower than FY16 & 17

13. Lessons Learned & Helpful Hints
Plan some unfunded training missions for your critical areas up front to avoid unnecessary work later; you can always request funding later
Discuss ideas with your regions and LRs before floating them in your plans
Understand that annual missions beyond those funded by separate budgets will likely not be fully funded until later in the fiscal year, depending on if or how long we have to operate under continuing resolutions
Expect additional scrutiny as we have all gained more experience
Regions must review Wing plans
NHQ CAP & CAP-USAF will be spot checking throughout the process
Note: These plans are not places to try to get supplies, equipment or facility issues addressed

14. Questions?
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