The TSA’s Recurrent Security Awareness Training Exemption full text is available at http://www.tsa.gov/interweb/assetlibrary/Exemption_FSSA_re-current.pdf Everyone mentions the 18 month term, instead of the 12 month rule, but its always good to get an official notice. Of course, this still leaves the actual training up in the air. TSA guidance outlines a four-part program of recurrent training, [...]
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Recurrecny training is difficult for most pilots once they have earned their certificate. This is especially true for the ground school subjects, as for all too many people, they appear boring, and for some pilots lack relevance. One of the things I’ve done in the past is provided short seminars at nights, or for the [...]
Blair WI airport 5E6 is where I experienced my first flight in a small plane at age 14. Little did I know that years later I would earn my flight instructors certificate. Its an interesting field, years back, night operations were done via lining up with vehicle security lights, followed by the placement of spherical [...]
I got some cockpit time a couple days ago though. It was truely amazing, but with one caveat. Their is a real tendency to keep ones head in the cockpit instead of looking outside. A second issue is its an easy airplane to get behind in. When we were leaving I made the remark that [...]
Lets take a look at the laws of learning. While this was written for flight instructors, beginning students may find it of interest as well. If both the instructor, and student are on the same page, greater communication can occur, and the instructor can tailor a lessen more appropriately. For example, if the instructor knows [...]
I’ve always wondered about such programs. The latest one I heard of was Sport Pilot in a week. This is encouraging in one way, in that it fosters interest and excitement in aviation. In addition, the short time and the financial commitment doesn’t allow the student to loose interest, or get sidetracked by other external [...]
In the ideal world, flight training would occur shortly after a relevant ground school session. Its pretty difficult to jump into an airplane and learn to fly, unless you know what some of the parts of the airplane are, and the names of the controls. While your flight instructor will go over the material with [...]
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