FOI: Instructor Responsibilities and Professionalism (Task E)

Question 1

Professional Developement: Instructor Responsibilities

Answer 1

HEMPSS

• Helping Students Learn
• Emphasize the positive
• Minimizing Student frustrations
• Provide adequate instruction
• Standards of performance
• Safety

Question 2

Instructor Responsibilities: Helping Students Learn

Answer 2

• Learning should be enjoyable
• Helps student maintain high level of motivation
• Standards helps students learn
• People want to feel useful

Question 3

Instructor Responsibilities: Emphasize the positive

Answer 3

• Instructor’s conduct and attitude influence student’s perception of aviation and the school
• Focus on positive aspects

Question 4

Instructor Responsibilities: Minimizing Student Frustrations

Answer 4

-Pilots don’t want to be students, give the ability to measure, or see an end in sight

Question 5

Ways to Minimize Student Frustrations

Answer 5

MACKBAG

• Motivate Students
• Approach students as individuals
• Criticize constructively
• Keep students informed
• Be consistent
• Admit error
• Give credit when due

Question 6

Instructor Responsibilities: Providing Adequate Instruction

Answer 6

• Have genuine interest in well being of student
• Ensure adequate instruction is provided
• Tailor instruction to the individuals

Question 7

Instructor Responsibilities: Standards of performance

Answer 7

• Instructor responsible for training an applicant to standards
• PTS/ACS is a testing document not a teaching document

Question 8

Instructor Responsibilities: Ensuring Aviation safety

Answer 8

SAFETY IS #1 PRIORITY

Safety practices of Instructors will be picked up by the students

Question 9

Additional Flight Instructor Responsibilities

Answer 9

PEEP PASS

• Pilot supervision
• Evaluation of student piloting ability
• Endorsements for Flight Instruction
• Practical Test recommendations
• Additional training and endorsements
• Pilot Proficiency
• See and avoid responsibility
• Student’s pre-solo flight thought process

Question 10

Instructor Responsibilities: Physiological Obstacle for Flight Students

Answer 10

• Students may react to unfamiliar noises, vibrations, due to G-forces
• Can be difficult obstacles

Question 11

Instructor Responsibilities: Ensuring student skill sets

Answer 11

• Skills required prior to solo flight
• How to utilize ATC
• Observing student without intervention
• Special emphasis should be reviewed

Question 12

Professionalism

Answer 12

SADPP
-Sincerity: be honest and straight forward
-Acceptance of the Student: accept the student as they are
-Demeanor: Must have positive attitude, respect student, be consistent, and kind
-Personal Appearance and Habits: dress appropriately
Proper Language: avoid profanity, speak positively

Question 13

Evaluation of Student Ability: Demonstration Ability

Answer 13

-Evaluation based on established standard and development

Question 14

Evaluation of Student Ability: Keeping the student informed

Answer 14

• Important to keep your student informed
• Critique honestly and often
• Address deficiencies with corrections

Question 15

Evaluation of Student Ability: Correction of Student erros

Answer 15

-Correction of student error does not include taking over immediately when a mistake occurs

Question 16

Aviation Instructor and Exams: Knowledge Test

Answer 16

• Requires an endorsement from you as the instructor
• You are responsible for the student deficiencies
• You must provide 61.49 for failed test
• Any test not 100 must give 61.39(a)(6)(iii)
• Keep knowledge test endorsement for 3 years

Question 17

Aviation Instructor and Exams: Practical Tests

Answer 17

• When you endorse someone, you feel confident they will pass
• You are responsible for failures
• “breach of faith”
• Maintain records for 3 years (Name, date, type, and results)

Question 18

Professional Development

Answer 18

A good instructor is always learning, and staying current with aviation knowledge.