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• Aviation Instructor's Handbookp. 10-3
  Chapter 10: Teaching Practical Risk Management during Flight Instruction › Poor Risk Management and Accident Causality › Mitigating Risk

  process completes, the instructor is vigilant for any hazard that needs consideration. The acronym TEAM describes the steps in the mitigation process. TEAM represents transfer, eliminate, accept, and mitigate. These steps describe actions pilots take to deal with risk appropriately…

• Aviation Instructor's Handbookp. 9-13
  Chapter 9: Techniques of Flight Instruction › Assessment of Piloting Ability › Visualization

  instructor should require the learner to demonstrate consistent ability to perform all of the fundamental maneuvers. Dealing with Normal Challenges Instructors should teach learners how to solve ordinary problems encountered during flight. Traffic pattern congestion, change in active runway ... visualization techniques. For example, have a learner visualize how the flight may occur under normal circumstances, with the learner describing the progress of the flight. Then, the instructor adds unforeseen circumstances such as a sudden change in weather that brings…

• Aviation Instructor's Handbookp. 4-10
  Chapter 4: Effective Communication › Developing Communication Skills › Instructional Enhancement

  Perception checking gets to the feelings of the learner, again by stating what perceptions the instructor has of the behavior that the learner can then clarify as necessary. Since it is important that the instructor understand as much as possible ... about the learners, instructors can be much more effective by using improved listening skills and effective questions to help in putting themselves in the place of the learners. Questions should be phrased to focus the learner on the decision-making…

• Aviation Instructor's Handbookp. 4-7
  Chapter 4: Effective Communication › Developing Communication Skills › Role Playing

  instructional communication comes from actually doing it and is learned in the beginning by role playing during the instructor’s initial training. For example, a flight instructor applicant can fly with a flight instructor who assumes the role ... learner pilot. In this role, the flight instructor can duplicate known learner responses and then critique the applicant’s role as instructor. A mentor or supervisor can play the learner AMT for a maintenance instructor applicant. It is essential…

• Aviation Instructor's Handbookp. 8-7
  Chapter 8: Aviation Instructor Responsibilities and Professionalism › Flight Instructor Qualifications

  best actions a flight or maintenance instructor can take to enhance aviation safety is to emphasize safety by example. Another way for the instructor to advocate safety is to partner with the FAA Safety Team (FAASTeam). The FAASTeam is dedicated ... record by conveying safety principles and practices through training, outreach, and education. More information is available at FAASafety.gov. Flight Instructor Qualifications A flight instructor needs to be thoroughly familiar with the functions, characteristics, and proper use of all flight instruments…

• Aviation Instructor's Handbookp. 8-6
  Chapter 8: Aviation Instructor Responsibilities and Professionalism › Flight Instructor Responsibilities › Ensuring Learner Skill Set

  Generally, this determination is made when the instructor observes the learner from preflight to engine start to engine shutdown and the learner performs consistently, without need of instructor assistance. Flight instructors need to provide adequate flight and ground instruction ... disorientation 11. Temporary flight restrictions (TFR) 12. Special use airspace (SUA) 13. Aviation security 14. Wire strike avoidance Flight instructors should be current on the latest procedures regarding pilot training, certification, and safety. It is the flight instructor’s responsibility…