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• Aviation Instructor's Handbookp. 8-6
  Chapter 8: Aviation Instructor Responsibilities and Professionalism › Safety Practices and Accident Prevention

  Safety Practices and Accident Prevention Aviation instructors are on the front line of efforts to improve the safety record of the aviation industry. Safety, one of the most fundamental considerations in aviation training, is paramount. Comprehensive FAA regulations promote safety ... mitigating conditions that can cause death, injury, or damage, but even the strictest compliance with regulations may not guarantee safety. Rules and regulations are designed to address known or suspected conditions detrimental to safety, but there is always a chance…

• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. 15-4
  Chapter 15: Airspace › Other Airspace Areas

  Controlled Firing Areas (CFAs) CFAs contain activities that, if not conducted in a controlled environment, could be hazardous to nonparticipating aircraft. The difference between CFAs and other special use airspace is that activities must be suspended when a spotter aircraft ... radar, or ground lookout position indicates an aircraft might be approaching the area. There is no need to chart CFAs since they do not cause a nonparticipating aircraft to change its flight path. Other Airspace Areas “Other airspace areas…

• 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 ... improving the aviation safety 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…

• Risk Management Handbookp. 2-5
  Chapter 2: Personal Minimums › Personal Minimums › Step 5—Adjust for Specific Conditions

  Here are several important cautions regarding personal minimums. The pilot should: 1. Not adjust personal minimums to complete a specific flight. The time to consider adjustments is not while under pressure to fly, but rather when time and objectivity permits ... flights. 2. Make adjustments to one variable at a time. For example, if the goal is to lower baseline personal minimums for visibility; the ceiling, wind, or other values should not change at the same time. 3. Seek training…

• Aviation Instructor's Handbookp. 8-9
  Chapter 8: Aviation Instructor Responsibilities and Professionalism › Professionalism › Personal Appearance and Habits

  Personal Appearance and Habits Personal appearance has an important effect on the professional image of the instructor. Today’s aviation customer expects an instructor to be neat, clean, and appropriately dressed. Since the instructor is engaged in a learning situation ... attire worn should be appropriate to professional status. [Figure 8-8] Figure 8-8. The aviation instructor should always present a professional appearance. Personal habits have a significant effect on the professional image. The exercise of common courtesy is perhaps…

• Aviation Instructor's Handbookp. 9-1
  Chapter 9: Techniques of Flight Instruction › Introduction

  What does “safety” really mean? How can a flight instructor ensure the safety of flight training activities, and also train clients to operate their aircraft safely after they leave the relatively protected flight training environment? According to one definition, safety ... freedom from conditions that can cause death, injury, or illness; damage to loss of equipment or property, or damage to the environment. FAA regulations are intended to promote safety by eliminating or mitigating conditions that can cause death, injury…