Disservice is rampant, including in aviation. Perhaps the most glaring example is in flight instruction, where the drop-out rate hovers around 80%. A shockingly high number that would kill most industries.
Flight Training
Our love-hate relationship with WINGS
Launched in 1996, the WINGS program encourages general aviation pilots to continue training and maintain proficiency — all in an effort to prevent aircraft accidents.
King Schools releases Airline Interview Prep Course
You might be the best pilot in the world, but if you can’t communicate that during an interview, “the odds of getting hired are not great.”
Picture of the Day: Fourth generation pilot
Stanley Fortier submitted this photo and note: “My granddaughter, Hannah Fortier, had her first flight lesson today, taking her on a wonderful journey of being our family’s fourth generation pilot. Her great grandfather, Herman Fortier, became a pilot in 1947. He owned and flew Beechcraft Bonanzas (a 1947, 1948A, 1949B, and 1952C models). I, Stanley […]
CFI creates one-of-a-kind gifts for her students who solo
Each of the solo mats are custom made for the individual student pilot.
My first flight lesson
Sadly, the saying “time flies when you are having fun” came true, and my first flight lesson had to come to an end
Women in Aviation opens scholarship applications
More than 100 scholarships are expected to be awarded in 2021.
Flight sim sessions via cyberspace
From anywhere in the world, instructors will be able to guide and control flight training sessions on Redbird simulators by setting and changing the weather, initiating failures, pausing and unpausing flights, repositioning aircraft, and more.
The fix is in for CFIs
The CFI is a support mechanism for an individual who is trying to achieve a dream. A dream that may be difficult to realize for myriad reasons.