Task F: Techniques of Flight Instruction Flashcards
Obstacles to Learning
WIPA UA
Work or lack of interest
Impatience
Physical issues (discomfort, illness, fatigue, dehydration)
Apathy due to inadequate instruction
Anxiety
Demonstration - Performance Delivery Used in Flight Training
EDSIE
Explanation by instructor
Demonstration
Student Performs
Evaluation by instructor
Positive Exchange of Flight Controls - What are they?
Offer: “You have the flight controls.” Look
Accept: “I have the flight controls.” Verify
Acknowledge: “You have the flight controls.” Release
Sterile Cockpit (Flight Deck)
Pilots/Instructors can improve safety by preaching and practicing the sterile flight deck rule.
Refrain from non-essential activities during critical stages of flight. Taxiing, takeoff, and landing, and below 10,000 AGL (except cruise) are considered critical phases of flight.
Use of Distraction
60% of stall/spin accidents occur during takeoff and landing
Instructors.
Instructors can and should intentionally create distractions
Common Types of Assessments Used by CFI’s
RCWP
Review
Collaborative (learner centered grading)
Written
Performance-based
What is Aeronautical Decision Making
ADM
A systematic approach to the mental process used by aircraft pilots to consistently determine the best course of action in response to a given set of circumstances.
Define the Decision Making Process
Define the problem
Choose a course of action
Implement the decision
Evaluate the outcome
Hazardous Attitudes - Anti-Authority
Don’t tell me.
Antidote: Follow the rules.
Hazardous Attitudes - Macho
I can do it.
Antidote: Taking chances is foolish
Hazardous Attitudes - Impulsivity
Do it quickly.
Antidote: Not so fast. Think first.
Hazardous Attitudes - Invulnerability
It won’t happen to me.
Antidote: It could happen to me.
Hazardous Attitudes - Resignation
What’s the use?
Antidote: I’m not helpless. I can make a difference.
Stressors that affect pilot performance
PPP
Physical Stress - environmental
Physiological Stress - fatigue, sleep loss, hungry
Psychological Stress - death, divorce
Use of Resources - Internal
Internal resources are found in the flight deck during flight. However, some of the most valuable internal resources include ingenuity, knowledge, and skill.
