Techniques of Flight Instruction Flashcards
What are six Obstacles to Learning during flight instruction?
- Unfair treatment
- Impatience
- Worry or lack of interest
- Physical discomfort (illness/fatigue/dehydration/etc)
- Apathy due to inadequate instruction
- Anxiety
What are the five steps of the Demonstration-Performance training method?
- Explanation (Instructor)
- Demonstration (Instructor)
- Student Performance
- Instructor Supervision
- Evaluation (Instructor)
What are the three steps in the Positive Exchange of Controls procedure?
Pilot Flying - “You have the flight controls.”
Pilot Monitoring - (places hands on the controls) “I have the flight controls”
Pilot Flying - (releases the controls) “You have the flight controls”
Describe the Sterile Cockpit procedure
- All nonessential activities (conversations, device usage, nonessential equipment operation, etc) are avoided during critical phases of flight
- Taxi, Takeoff, Climbout and Descent are all considered critical phases of flight
Describe the Use of Distractions as a Certified Flight Instructor (CFI)
- Performing tasks that are secondary to controlling the aircraft increases the risk of an inadvertent stall or spin
- An instructor can intentionally create “distractions” while the student is flying the aircraft to enhance the desired learning outcome
- It is the instructor’s duty to teach the student to divide attention between flying the aircraft and the distraction (i.e. flying while using the radio or using charts or answering questions)
What is Integrated Flight Instruction?
Integrated Flight Instruction is teaching students to perform maneuvers by outside visual references as well as references to instruments
- This forms important habits such as Instrument usage and cross-checking early in training
- The safety record of instrument rated pilots is far better than those without
What are the three essential components in Assessing Piloting Ability of the student?
- What students learn
- How students learn
- How well students learn
What are the seven skills a student must perform proficiently before considering an endorsement to solo?
- Aircraft control
- Checklist usage
- Acceptable takeoffs and landings
- Traffic pattern etiquette
- Proper radio communications
- Ability to deal with normal challenges (wind, traffic pattern congestion, tower requests, etc.)
- Proficient execution of a go-around
What are the three foundational steps in the Aeronautical Decision Making (ADM) Process?
Defining the problem - Recognizing a problem has occurred and accurately deciding what it IS
Choosing a course of action - Evaluate the need to react, the available actions and the risks of each action before a decision is made
Implementing the decision and evaluating the outcome - Choose the best available action, execute it and continually evaluate that it is getting the expected results
What are the five Hazardous Attitudes?
- Anti-authority / “The rules are usually right”
- Impulsivity / “Not so fast! Think first”
- Invulnerability / “It could happen to me”
- Macho / “Taking chances is foolish”
- Resignation / “I’m not helpless! I can make a difference”
What is the Hazardous Attitude “Anti-authority” and its corresponding “antidote”?
Anti-authority:
“Don’t tell me what to do” / “The rules are usually right”
What is the Hazardous Attitude “Impulsivity” and its corresponding “antidote”?
Impulsivity:
“Do something and do it quickly!” / “Not so fast! Think first”
What is the Hazardous Attitude “Invulnerability” and its corresponding “antidote”?
Invulnerability:
“It won’t happen to me” / “It could happen to me”
What is the Hazardous Attitude “Macho” and its corresponding “antidote”?
Macho:
““I can do it” “I’ll show them!” / “Taking chances is foolish”
What is the Hazardous Attitude “Resignation” and its corresponding “antidote”?
Resignation:
“What’s the use?” / “I’m not helpless! I can make a difference”