Onsite evaluations and data collection: The onsite work answers the most immediate question. “Can an IFR approach be developed to your site and provide operationally effective approach minimums?” Airspace evaluations are completed, obstacles measured and recorded, and a preliminary procedure developed. As an FAA PEP, Stephen M. Hickok is authorized to complete FAA Handbook 8700.1 heliport evaluations, FAA Form 7480-1 Notice of Landing Area submissions, airspace studies, and submit an FAA Form 5010 for FAA Heliport Identifications.
Benefit and Cost Analysis: Increased benefits can only be quantified as increased flights recovered from weather cancellations. The statistically-based Benefit/Cost analysis and reporting process recognized throughout the industry was first engineered by Stephen M. Hickok over a decade ago, and provides aviation managers with the necessary analysis to plan their IFR projects, and strategically site their IFR investments, at those locations where target benefits will become realized.
IFR Approach Procedure Development: The development an IFR approach procedure stipulates technical expertise and requires continual involvement with evolving technologies and emerging FAA criteria and policy. Only a qualified pilot/developer can provide the most beneficial procedure. As a Designated PEP, Stephen M. Hickok completes flight verifications and FAA’s night evaluation for every procedure developed by Hickok & associates, Inc.
IFR Procedure Maintenance: To provide our customers the best procedure maintenance available we developed maintenance software that automatically assimilates FAA's OE/AAA notifications of proposed obstacles into our customers' instrument approach surfaces. Before a proposed tower is ever built our customers can submit informed and timely responses for FAA aeronautical studies, and communicate with local zoning boards when proposed constructions threaten to negatively impact IFR procedures developed by Hickok & associates; prior to a building permit being issued or the obstacle is constructed.
Other Services: The all encompassing effort of delivering an FAA-Approved IFR approach procedure includes essential other services. If these other services are ignored or inadequately performed the timeline, and even FAA’s ultimate approval, is at risk. Coordinating the procedure with FAA’s Regional Approach Procedure Team (RAPT), Air Traffic Services, Airports, Aviation System Standards, Flight Standards, and the Procedure Review Board … initiating airspace actions, providing procedure maintenance plans, assisting with operator training manual and operations specification revisions, electronic database coding and approach charting … are all examples of the essential other services provided by Hickok & associates.