Operations Pre-ConferenceWorkshop

CAPR 60-1 Rapid Improvement

TeamCol Mike Moyer

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The Charge:On 13 April 2015, General Vazquez tasked a Rapid

Improvement Team (RIT) to study CAPR 60-1 plus associated manuals and pamphlets and recommend ways to:

• Reduce or simplify requirements on members

• Reduce or eliminate overlap with 14 CFR• Strive for a more comprehensive aircraft

flying management program with only essential elements for success.

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The Team:Col Michael Moyer Chairman Col John R. Buschmann Col Matthew R. Creed Lt Col Luis A. Garcia Lt Col Scott E. Lanis Lt Col John R. Schmidt Lt Col Eric A. Templeton Maj Stephen A. Hertz Capt Susan Parson *Mr. John W. Desmarais *Mr. Joe Piccotti *Col Kenneth W. Parris Lt Col Joe Gaddis CAP, USAF Advisor

*ex-officio members

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The Methodology:Interviews with key players:• Region DOVs & their teams

• Wing and Region CCs & their teams

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The Approach:Based on your experience in CAP, please provide information on up to

five CAPR 60-1 “most needed improvement” issues that the RIT should address.

Please emphasize to your team that this effort it not a gripe session. While it is necessary to identify what’s “wrong” with what we have now, the key to real improvement is to make solid, practical suggestions for how to fix each of the problems we identify. 

Emerging Trends:• Inappropriate mixture of regulations and procedures

• Embedded procedures are overly prescriptive (detailed “how to” rather than performance based outcomes)

• No need for CAP-specific checklists

• Difficult to understand pilot qualification requirements in CAPR 60-1

• Difficult to find / assemble all necessary information (e.g., CAP cadet vs AFROTC cadet)

• Too many supplements & dispersed documents

• Various inconsistencies

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Next Steps:• Complete analysis of inputs

• Formulate recommendations to address key findings• Could include proposals to edit, reorganize for

greater clarity

• Considering ways to delineate – but link – regulations to operating procedures

• Will include proposals for both execution and change management of implementation

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Thank you for attending

QUESTIONS?

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