FI.I.B.R3
Risk managementRecognizing and correcting learner errors.
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- Chapter 3: The Learning Process › The First Flight › Analysis of the First Flight and Check Ride
demanding situations. Knowledge and skills are now orchestrated. 4. She still makes errors, but they are less frequent, smaller in magnitude, and she quickly identifies and corrects them. 5. Her motivation and enthusiasm remain as high as they were ... learning. 8. She recognizes the importance of regular study and practice. This scenario illustrates the goal of an aviation instructor: to teach each learner in such a way that he or she will become a competent pilot or aviation maintenance…
- Chapter 3: The Learning Process › Errors › Learning from Error
Error Recovery Given that the occasional error is inevitable, it is a worthwhile exercise to practice recovering from commonly made errors, or those that pose serious consequences. All flight learners need to learn and practice a lost procedure to ensure ... which they have lost their way. It is useful to devote the same sort of preparation to other common learner errors. Learning from Error Error can be a valuable learning resource. Learners naturally make errors, which instructors can utilize…
- Chapter 8: Aviation Instructor Responsibilities and Professionalism › Aviation Instructor Responsibilities › Minimizing Learner Frustration
from the instructor is usually ample reward and provides an incentive to do even better. Praise pays dividends in learner effort and achievement when deserved, but when given too freely, it becomes valueless. Criticize constructively—although it is important ... credit when deserved, it is equally important to identify mistakes and failures. It does not help to tell learners they have made errors and not provide explanations. If a learner has made an earnest effort but is told that…
- Chapter 8: Aviation Instructor Responsibilities and Professionalism › Flight Instructor Responsibilities › Ensuring Learner Skill Set
Physiological Obstacles for Flight Learners Although most learner pilots have been exposed to air travel, they may not have flown in light, training aircraft. Consequently, learners may react to unfamiliar noises or vibrations, or experience unfamiliar sensations ... stomach. To teach effectively, instructors cannot ignore the existence of these negative factors, nor should they ridicule learners who are adversely affected. These negative sensations can usually be overcome by understanding the nature of their causes. Remember, a sick learner…
- Chapter 1: Risk Management and Single-Pilot Resource Management › Assessing SRM Skills
Practice—the learner is able to identify, understand, and apply SRM principles to the actual flight situation. Coaching, instruction, and/or assistance from the flight instructor quickly corrects minor deviations and errors identified by the flight instructor. The learner ... active decision maker. ⦁ Manage/Decide—the learner can correctly gather the most important data available both within and outside the flight deck, identify possible courses of action, evaluate the risk inherent in each course of action, and make the appropriate decision…
- Chapter 9: Techniques of Flight Instruction › Assessment of Piloting Ability › Visualization
Supervision Flight instructors have the responsibility to provide guidance and restraint with respect to the solo operations of their learners. This is by far the most important flight instructor responsibility. The flight instructor is the only person in a position ... make the determination a learner is ready for solo operations. Before endorsing a learner for solo flight, the instructor should require the learner to demonstrate consistent ability to perform all of the fundamental maneuvers. Dealing with Normal Challenges Instructors should…