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Capt. Scott Symons, an instructor pilot with Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 101 and a Rochester, Mich., native, returns from a training flight aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Feb. 29. Out of more than 40 pilots, Symons was chosen as the instructor pilot of the year with VMFAT-101.

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Instructor pilot of the year receives award

29 Feb 2012 | Lance Cpl. Erica DiSalvo Marine Corps Air Station Miramar-EMS

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MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. -- More than 40 pilots competed to be the instructor pilot of the year with Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 101. Capt. Scott Symons, a Rochester, Mich., native, was that pilot.

Symons received a Navy Achievement Medal for his period of instruction from September 2010 - October 2011.

“He’s well respected by the other instructors,” said Capt. Matt Roberts, an assistant operations officer with VMFAT-101 and a Windsor, Va., native. “Obviously the students excel when they fly or [fly] a simulator with him. He’s the type of guy who is always available to answer questions off-line; he’s always willing to go the extra mile to help out the students.”

The students and instructors had a meeting and each voted who they felt was deserving of the instructor pilot of the year.

“It was very humbling, very surprising,” said Symons. “We have a tremendous amount of experience and very good instructors who have a great knowledge base, so it was overwhelming and definitely unexpected to be voted by peers.”

Symons was a student at VMFAT-101 in 2005-2006 and has wanted to return to be an instructor due to his experience.

“I had a lot of instructors who were very inspiring and they really cared about you learning,” said Symons. “They wanted you to do better and they went above and beyond to do that.” Symons has been an instructor with VMFAT-101 for more than two years and enjoys instructing and helping the student pilots excel.

“Any time a student succeeds is the best part about being an instructor,” said Symons. “There’s nothing better than that, to be able to relay and teach someone and actually physically see them succeed in the aircraft.”

Even though Symons was not expecting to win the award, he was voted the instructor pilot of the year because of his approachable demeanor and his ability to relay to the students how to prioritize in the aircraft and how to succeed.

“He’s very deservingly awarded,” said Robert. “There’s not a person in the ready room who is surprised that he got it.”


POLICY

The most important starting point for an EMS* is the development of an environmental policy. ISO14001 requires local governments to implement their own environmental policy. The environmental policy acts as a basis for the environmental management system.

PLANNING

ISO14001 requires that an environmental management system is planned properly. It requires the organization to consider the following carefully: Environmental Aspects; Legal and Other Aspects; Objectives and Targets; and an Environmental Management Program.

IMPLEMENTATION

The two requirements for implementation of an EMS is to define, document, and communicate roles, responsibilities and authorities, and to allocate the resources needed to implement and control the EMS.

CHECKING

The key requirement in this EMS step is to regularly monitor and measure key characteristics of activities and operations that could have a significant impact on the environment. Changes to EMS procedures may become necessary in order to deal with nonconformances with the EMS, with mitigating environmental impacts, or corrective and preventive action.

REVIEW

The management review process ensure that information is collected to enable management to carry out proper review. Top management review the need for changes to policy, objectives and targets, and ensure that a commitment to continual improvement is being demonstrated.

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