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  • Chapter 4: Effective Communication › Introduction

    Although communication is a complex process, aviation instructors need to develop a comfortable style of communication that meets the goal of passing on desired information to learners. Communicating effectively is based on similarity of the idea transmitted by the source ... received by the receiver. Similarly, as the source, instructors have communicated effectively if the learner has understood the idea/concept/action transmitted in the manner in which it was intended to be understood. It is also important to recognize that communication…

  • Chapter 4: Effective Communication › Basic Elements of Communication › Symbols

    aviation acronyms like ILS, TCAS, or TAWS with a new maintenance learner or learner pilot respectively, effective communication would be difficult if not impossible. Second, communicators consciously or unconsciously reveal information about themselves. This includes their self-image, their view ... ideas being communicated, and their feelings toward the receivers. Communicators need to be confident; they should illustrate that the message is important, and that the receivers have a need to know the ideas presented. Third, successful communicators speak or write…

  • Chapter 6. Emergency Procedures › Section 4. Two-way Radio Communications Failure › 6-4-1. Two-way Radio Communications Failure

    Section 4. Two-way Radio Communications Failure 6-4-1. Two-way Radio Communications Failure a. It is virtually impossible to provide regulations and procedures applicable to all possible situations associated with two-way radio communications failure. During ... radio communications failure, when confronted by a situation not covered in the regulation, pilots are expected to exercise good judgment in whatever action they elect to take. Should the situation so dictate they should not be reluctant…

  • Chapter 4: Effective Communication › Developing Communication Skills › Listening

    Listening Instructors should know something about their learners in order to communicate effectively. As discussed earlier, an instructor needs to determine the abilities of the learners and properly communicate, and one way of becoming better acquainted with learners ... Most instructors are familiar with the concept that listening is “hearing with comprehension.” When the learner hears something being communicated, he or she may or may not comprehend what is being transmitted. On the other hand, when the learner truly…

  • Chapter 4: Effective Communication › Developing Communication Skills › Instructional Communication

    Instructional Communication Instruction has taken place when the instructor explains a particular procedure and subsequently determines that the learner exhibits the desired response. Even so, the instructor can improve communication by adhering to techniques of good communication…

  • Chapter 12: Fundamentals of Electricity & Electronics › Energy Losses in DC Motors

    speeds up. [Figure 12-306] Figure 12-301. Compound motor. Figure 12-302. Load characteristics of DC motors. Energy Losses in DC Motors Losses occur when electrical energy is converted to mechanical energy (in the motor), or mechanical energy ... converted to electrical energy (in the generator). For the machine to be efficient, these losses must be kept to a minimum. Some losses are electrical; others are mechanical. Electrical losses are classified as copper losses and iron losses; mechanical losses…