Teaching in the Airplane

Question 1

What blueprint do we use to teach manuevers in the airplane?

Answer 1

With the Acronym DSOCS
D - Description (brief)
S - Safety (ARC)
O - Objective (COPD2 + more depending on the manuever)
C - Common Errors/Critique
S - Standards

This is a more detailed version of the FAAs What, Why, and How.

Question 2

What are you doing during the first ‘S’ in DSOCS?

Answer 2

Safety
* ARC, Altitude, Visual Reference, Clearing turns
* Are you too close to an airport?

Question 3

What are you doing during the ‘D’ in DSOCS?

Answer 3

Description
* Providing a breif description of the manuever & showing your student how to do one first

Question 4

What are you doing during the ‘O’ in DSOCs?

Answer 4

Objective
* Providing the student with the goal of the manuever
C - Coordination
O - Orientation
P - Planning
D - Division of attention
2 - To maintain control over varying airspeeds & altitudes
* Plus or minus more depending on the manuever

COPD2 is not required for every manuever, you will need to know and remember which ones are different.

Question 5

What is the ‘C’ in DSOCS?

Answer 5

Common Errors
* Be able to list off a few of the big ones for each manuver
* Be on the lookout for students making these mistakes

Critique
* Be ready to offer real-time critique to the student to help them make corrections as needed

Question 6

What is the last ‘S’ in DSOCS?

Answer 6

Standards
* Is your student flying to the standards of the PVT or CAX ACS?
* Is your student flying to the standards of the FSP lesson plan for the Stage of their rating?

In earlier stages of a rating, FSP will list lower than ACS standards in order to reflect the pilots lack of experience & skills as they may be proficient yet

Question 7

What is the objective of Slow Flight? (DSOCS)

Answer 7

To recognize changes in aircraft flight characteristics & control effectiveness at critical slow airspeeds

TO PREPARE FOR THE SLOW TRAFFIC PATTERN SPEEDS