Resources for flight instructors, emphasizing effective teaching, safety, marketing, and professionalism. Additional resources coming soon include flight and ground school syllabi, lesson plans, aircraft checklists, and an aviation podcast. <br /> http://www.aeroinstructor.com 2008-07-05T14:17:21+01:00 http://www.aeroinstructor.com http://www.aeroinstructor.com/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png text/html 2007-03-31T05:26:19+01:00 http://www.aeroinstructor.com http://www.aeroinstructor.com/content/view/37/29/ This is something students always bring up sooner or later. They hate the idea of renting without building any equity. Yet, as we all know, the fixed costs are often times the real killer when it comes to private aircraft ownership. Years back, when I was doing the mechanic thing, we had a Baron we used to do the annual... text/html 2006-04-16T16:43:17+01:00 http://www.aeroinstructor.com http://www.aeroinstructor.com/content/view/34/29/ Podcasting is a tool a CFI can use to increase instructional efficiency, build business, and potentially provide an additional revenue stream. First a definition. Podcasting (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcasting) , in its simplest terms is prerecorded and subscribable audio programs that can de downloaded from the internet and played on an Ipod, MP3 player, or even on ones pc through windows media player... text/html 2006-04-13T09:16:54+01:00 http://www.aeroinstructor.com http://www.aeroinstructor.com/content/view/33/29/ Aviation decision making and judgement are tough subjects to teach. There is a disconnect between academic knowledge, monday morning quarterbacking, and decisions made in real time. Scenario based training (FITS) (http://www.faa.gov/education_research/training/fits/training/generic/media/instructor.pdf) is probably a good compromise, but it still lacks the real time psychological issues that dealing with an inflight problem present. Thus ASRS (http://asrs.arc.nasa.gov/) reports, and local... text/html 2006-04-04T18:24:05+01:00 http://www.aeroinstructor.com http://www.aeroinstructor.com/content/view/31/29/ One of the questions I&#39;ve been asked over the years is where is the best flight school? And of course, my comeback is the one I&#39;m working for at the time Well, no not really, the real key is defining best from the students standpoint.As a matter of professionalism, I think we owe it...