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Don't sleep on ground training

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NAFI MentorLIVE logoFrom MentorLIVE #85: Your First Student · Aaron Dabney · NAFI

All 25 chapters in this program

  1. 0:00 Welcome and introducing Aaron Dabney 6 min
  2. 6:00 Aaron Dabney: growing up around airplanes 3 min
  3. 9:00 Advice for instructors new to the profession 3 min
  4. 12:00 You never know who you can learn from 3 min
  5. 15:01 Teach students how to learn 3 min
  6. 18:00 A tragic training accident 3 min
  7. 21:01 Checking boxes on the syllabus 3 min
  8. 24:01 The attitude you transmit 3 min
  9. 27:01 Screening potential students 3 min
  10. 30:01 Documentation and TSA 3 min
  11. 33:03 Write an SOP 3 min
  12. 36:01 Upholding standards 3 min
  13. 39:03 Free resources 3 min
  14. 42:02 Teach the basics: straight and level and trim 3 min
  15. 45:00 Students who won't commit 3 min
  16. 48:00 Lesson plans aren't checkride exercises 3 min
  17. 51:00 Leveraging the learning cycle 3 min
  18. 54:01 Students with many CFIs 3 min
  19. 57:00 Research the material 3 min
  20. 1:00:00 Long lists of tasks 3 min
  21. 1:03:01 Don't look nervous 3 min
  22. 1:06:01 New steps and configurations 3 min
  23. 1:09:01 Don't sleep on ground training 3 min
  24. 1:12:01 When things go south 3 min
  25. 1:15:01 Closing thoughts 3 min