The WNC Pilot Association sponsors a "Fly A Controller" [FAC] Program, wherein members volunteer their services to let the Asheville Controllers experience flight in our environs.

The preferred route begins at Landmark Aviation at Asheville Regional Airport (AVL), with flight to Greenville-Spartanburg [Greer, GSP], a touch-and-go there, to acquaint the Controller with leaving and re-entering another Class C airspace's communications and procedures. From GSP, flight back to Asheville via Transylvania Community Airport [3NR3], with a full stop landing, to familiarize the Controller with the topography and geography of that airport.

AOPA has been contacted about our FAC program because we feel that the benefits of an excellent ATC-GA (Air Traffic Control-General Aviation) relationship, combined with heightened understanding of ATC-GA safety procedures and the pilot experience, would be helpful for all airspaces, not just here in Asheville.