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Instrument
Proficiency Check
For pilots needing to renew or maintain their instrument flying privileges in:
🔹Single Engine
🔹Multi Engine
I conduct thorough IPCs in line with CASA requirements. As a current CASA-approved examiner and Grade 1 IFR instructor, I bring extensive operational experience to each check, ensuring it’s not just a pass/fail exercise but an opportunity for objective improvement.
Initial Instrument
Rating Test
More than a decade of operational experience gleaned beyond the training environment in piston, multi-engine, and complex pressurised turbine aircraft facilitates my delivery of initial instrument rating flight training to CASA Part 61 standards and the Flight Examiner Handbook. Candidates benefit from a calm and structured testing environment underpinned by practical insight into real-world IFR operations, rather than the training syllabus only.
Contracting Availability
I am available to flying schools, charter organisations, and training providers on a contract basis as an instructor/examiner for:
🔹Instrument Rating Flight Tests
🔹Instrument Proficiency Checks
🔹Design Feature and Flight Activity
training and endorsements
🔹Flight Reviews
ABOUT
About Precision Approach
At Precision Approach, the mission is clear: bridge the gap between IFR training and real-world safety.
An initiative by a CASA-approved Instrument Rated Examiner and Grade 1 IFR instructor, Precision Approach was born from a deep interest in accident investigation and the recognition that many IFR pilots are not equipped with the training they truly need.
Backed by over a decade of multi-engine experience in piston and turbine IFR operations — the goal isn’t just to tick boxes. It’s to raise the bar.
Years of checking and training in real-world IFR conditions have presented me a front-row perspective of our systems’ current short-falls. Lax habits, vague briefings, and hurried checks are far too common. At Precision Approach, you won’t just be tested—you’ll walk away a sharper, more competent pilot.
Based in Melbourne and available Australia-wide, I offer honest, no-nonsense assessments, augmented by high-quality digital resources designed to enhance your pre and post flight performance.
Safety isn’t mere paperwork. It’s understanding, along with discipline and precision in the cockpit. The kind that is developed by continuous self-improvement and targeted, intentioned practice.
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BENEFITS
Why choose Precision Approach
Authority
With over 10 years of hands-on IFR flying in multi-engine piston and turbine aircraft, I offer an operational emphasis that exceeds the minimum standard—focusing on real-world decision-making, accuracy, and safety. My approach transcends box ticking and is heavily safety based.
Insight
As an active Part 135 pilot and an examiner, I bring real-world operational knowledge into every check. My debriefs are practical, actionable, and grounded in everyday flying, providing feedback you can immediately apply.
Reach
Although Precision Approach is Melbourne based, I can mobilise country-wide upon request should convenience or test localities present logistical issues.
"Reuben creates a calm and friendly environment to
ensure candidates, including myself, have every chance to fulfill the required competencies whilst having a positive experience regardless of the outcome. Additionally, Reuben possesses remarkable aeronautical knowledge and a vast amount of operational experience."
Andrew
Alliance Airlines, First Officer
Fokker 100
"Reuben's passion for aviation is not only evident in his extensive experience but also in his commitment to safety, proficiency, and continuous learning. Throughout my time knowing Reuben, he has consistently demonstrated a strong understanding of aviation regulations, procedures, and best practices."
Daniel
Texel Air Australasia, First Officer
Boeing 737
"All the training conducted by Reuben was to a very high standard which demonstrated his high level of knowledge, commitment and professionalism both as a trainer and a mentor. He also conducted himself in a very patient and understanding way and was always able to pick up any knowledge deficiencies and then through his detailed knowledge of the regulations was always able to reference specific documents/sections as required."
Sam
Qantas Freight , First Officer
Airbus A321
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