Flight Instructor for Airplane Category › I. Fundamentals of Instructing › Task F. Elements of Effective Teaching that Include Risk Management and Accident Prevention

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When and how to introduce risk management.

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Aviation Instructor's Handbook p. 10-4
Chapter 10: Teaching Practical Risk Management during Flight Instruction › Risk Management Training through the Private Pilot Level › Pre-Solo
Risk management should be part of every preflight and postflight brief. To assist in structuring the risk management process, the learner should be introduced to a non numerical FRAT, and its use should be demonstrated by the instructor during…
Aviation Instructor's Handbook p. 10-3
Chapter 10: Teaching Practical Risk Management during Flight Instruction › Poor Risk Management and Accident Causality › Mitigating Risk
Instructors can plan to introduce scenarios in-flight that simulate hazards and…
Aviation Instructor's Handbook p. 1-26
Chapter 1: Risk Management and Single-Pilot Resource Management › Teaching Decision-Making Skills
worry about the loss of traditional stick-and-rudder skills. The fear is that emphasis on items such as risk management, ADM, SRM, and situational awareness detracts from the training necessary in developing safe pilots. It is important to understand ... aircraft. Next, the tenets of system safety are introduced into the training environment as learners begin to understand how best to identify hazards, manage risk, and use all available resources to make each flight as safe as possible. This…
Aviation Instructor's Handbook p. 10-8
Chapter 10: Teaching Practical Risk Management during Flight Instruction › Notes on Instructional Risk Management in the Flight Deck › Managing Risk while Teaching Takeoffs
Managing Risk while Teaching Takeoffs The time it takes for an aircraft to begin its takeoff and initiate a climb is only a matter of seconds. There may not be time to teach effectively during the takeoff. Apart from introducing…
Aviation Instructor's Handbook p. 9-1
Chapter 9: Techniques of Flight Instruction › Practical Flight Instructor Strategies
tasks of aviating, navigating, and communicating. Instill importance of aircraft control, “see and avoid,” situational awareness, and workload management in the learner. ⦁ During landing—conduct stabilized approaches, maintain desired airspeed on final, demonstrate good judgment for go-arounds, wake turbulence ... skill, a hazardous attitude, or inadequate knowledge of risk mitigation. Flight instructors should produce safe pilots. For that reason, instructors should encourage each learner to learn as much as possible. When introducing lesson tasks, flight instructors should not focus…