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MentorLIVE #63: Position Check: Is Flight Training on Course?

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Chapters 34
  1. 0:00 Welcome and sponsor
  2. 6:03 Panel introductions
  3. 9:01 Historical pilot training trends
  4. 12:00 Where training is still good
  5. 15:01 Scheduling checkrides
  6. 18:00 High cancellation rates
  7. 21:00 A DPE's cancellations
  8. 24:04 Other industry factors
  9. 27:01 Pilot retirements ahead
  10. 30:02 The 1,500-hour rule
  11. 33:01 Rushing to the airlines
  12. 36:01 The CFI hiring wave
  13. 39:01 Training program estimates
  14. 42:04 Setting expectations
  15. 45:01 What gets people jobs
  16. 48:02 Few long-term CFIs
  17. 51:02 Rare company: long-time instructors
  18. 54:01 Simulators in the flight school
  19. 57:00 Employer responsibility
  20. 1:00:00 Hours don't equal quality
  21. 1:03:02 Proactive instruction
  22. 1:06:02 Fatal accident examples
  23. 1:09:02 Pilots who couldn't stay in the system
  24. 1:12:03 What can be done
  25. 1:15:02 FAA-conducted CFI checkrides
  26. 1:18:01 Learning from teaching
  27. 1:21:00 Professionalism and attitude
  28. 1:24:02 Jason Blair on oversight
  29. 1:27:00 Oversight questions
  30. 1:30:03 DPE resources
  31. 1:33:01 Tough FAA checkrides
  32. 1:36:02 The last slide and Q&A
  33. 1:39:00 A flight instructor's story
  34. 1:42:01 WINGS credit and closing

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About This Course

[from FlightSafety_NAFI_Descriptions.docx – not SPANS] 22 November 2022 FlightSafety NAFI Descriptions LONGER DESCRIPTION (1,000 CHARACTERS) FlightSafety International, the world’s premier aviation training company, employs 1,600 of the industry’s best instructors to deliver more than 1.4 million hours of simulator-based training a year to aviation professionals from 167 countries and independent territories. We serve business, commercial, and military aviation organizations with factory-authorized pilot and maintenance technician training for the vast majority of business and regional aircraft. We operate the world’s largest fleet of full flight simulators – the majority are Level D qualified. We engineer, manufacture and support the world’s most sophisticated simulators, training devices, visual systems and displays, for all types of aircraft. We have led the way in online training, through self-directed curriculum and instructor-led courses. For seven decades, we have been enhancing safety with superior training worldwide, continually investing in technology, personnel to provide the greatest value in aviation training. SHORTER DESCRIPTION (150-200 WORDS) FlightSafety International is the world’s premier professional aviation training company and supplier of flight simulators, visual systems and displays to commercial, government and military organizations. The company provides training for pilots, technicians and other aviation professionals from 167 countries and independent territories. We serve business, commercial and military aviation organizations for fixed-wing, rotor and tilt-rotor aircraft with factory-authorized pilot and maintenance technician training for the vast majority of business and regional aircraft. We operate the world’s largest fleet of advanced full-flight simulators at Learning Centers and training locations worldwide, including the United States, Canada, France and the United Kingdom. We engineer, manufacture and support the world’s most sophisticated simulators, training devices, visual systems and displays, with the most advanced features, for all types of aircraft. We have led the way in developing and perfecting online training, through self-directed curriculum and instructor-led courses. For more details, please visit flightsafety.com. LINKS: https://www.flightsafety.com/

Presenters

Greg Feith

Presenter

Greg Feith is a former Senior Air Safety Investigator and “Go-Team” captain with the NTSB who has investigated over 2,500 aviation accidents worldwide during his 40-year career. He spent 21 years with the NTSB as an Investigator-In-Charge or U.S. Accredited Representative for numerous high-profile accidents, including the ValuJet DC-9 in-flight fire in the Florida Everglades, the American Eagle ATR 72 icing crash in Roselawn, and the Korean Air Boeing 747 CFIT crash in Guam. Greg also led an expedition to 21,000 feet on Mt. Illimani in Bolivia to investigate Eastern Airlines Flight 980, the highest aviation-controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) accident in history.

Greg holds an ATP, CFI, CFII, Advanced and Instrument Ground Instructor certificates, and a BS in Aeronautical Studies from Embry-Riddle. He has received multiple industry awards, including the Aviation Week and Space Technology Laurel Award and the SAFE Association’s Michael R. Grost Award. A respected aviation safety expert, Greg is an NBC News Aviation Safety Analyst, a frequent speaker, and has appeared on MAYDAY, Seconds to Disaster, and Why Airplanes Crash. He was inducted into the Living Legends of Aviation in 2016 and co-hosts the Flight Safety Detectives podcast. He also advises on aviation safety technology and co-invented LapKidz, a safety restraint for infant passengers. Though based in Golden, Colorado, Greg spends much of his time traveling the world, advocating for aviation safety.

Jason Blair

Presenter

Jason Blair (ATP, CFI/CFII, MEI) is an active single-and multi-engine flight instructor and FAA Designated Pilot Examiner with 5,000 hours total time and 3,000 hours of instruction given, and has issued more than 1,000 pilot certificates as an examiner. He is an accredited Master Flight Instructor and active NAFI member who writes for multiple aviation publications and works widely within the general aviation industry.

Karen Kalishek

Host

Karen Kalishek, NAFI Board Chair at the time of this episode, is a Designated Pilot Examiner, ATP, and Master CFI/CFII/MEI and CFI-G who instructs private and flight instructor candidates in powered aircraft and gliders, in aircraft ranging from J-3 Cubs to Cirrus. She is a Major in the Civil Air Patrol, serving as a volunteer CFI, G1000 instructor, check pilot, mission pilot, and cadet orientation pilot. She is a member of the WINGS Industry Network and COPA and was the 2019 National FAASTeam Representative of the Year.

WINGS Credit Details
Earn WINGS Credit FAASafety.gov course ID: 922

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