A newly updated edition, this guide is an invaluable and indispensable reference for anyone working on the flight instructor certificate as well as for experienced and newly certified flight instructors. Chock full of advice for the most commonly encountered problems by flight instructors, in both training and in practice, the book is organized so each chapter can be used as a stand-alone reference for a particular phase of instruction. This book also has sections that feature comprehensive spin coverage, material on multiengine airplanes, instruction for international students, how to teach ground school, and how to set up exams for students.

A useful handbook for flight instructor hopefuls. A newly updated edition, this guide is an invaluable and indispensable reference for anyone working on the flight instructor certificate as well as for experienced and newly certified flight instructors. Chock full of advice for the most commonly encountered problems by flight instructors, in both training and in practice, the book is organised so each chapter can be used as a stand-alone reference for a particular phase of instruction.

For more than 50 years, the Cooper Flight Instructor Manual has helped pilots become effective and confident flight instructors. This 9th Revised Edition features new information on GPS, current industry standards, new study and review questions, and a new introduction by the author. It is the first edition to include gender-neutral language, an index, hard cover, online purchase, and an electronic version for mobile devices. The Cooper Flight Instructor Manual captures the information and skills needed to translate technical and practical knowledge into effective instruction. Used in conjunction with Transport Canada publications, it will adequately prepare a commercial pilot for the Transport Canada Flight Instructor written examination, the in-flight training and ground instruction, as well as the flight test.

The first comprehensive guide to scenario-based instruction (SBT), this flight instructor's manual combines latest studies and proven practices. The concrete guidelines and tips help flight instructors expand their FAA practical test standards and numerous topics are covered such as systematic risk reduction, critical and evaluation, including past accidents, and tailoring programs to reach specific and individualized goals. learn how to build effective, creative scenarios for IFR training, advanced training, and instrument proficiency. Using structured scripts, SBT teaches students to consider all aspects of every flight, from beginning to end. Train Like You Fly is packed with scenarios, guidelines and tips that will help flight instructors reach well beyond the FAA Practical Test Standards to help students to train like they fly, so they fly like they train. In this new Second Edition, the author provides specific narrative examples of scenario-based training for each chapter and topic.

Second Edition You've mastered the FAA handbooks and wrapped up one of the toughest orals of your flying career. You can now fly and talk at the same time, all from the right seat. You can create lesson plans, enter mysterious endorsements in student logbooks, and actually explain the finer points of a lazy eight. That's everything you'll ever need to know in order to flight instruct?or is it? This book is designed to help with all those ?other" flight instructing questions, like why and how to become a CFI in the first place, and how to get your first instructing job. Where do flight students come from? And once you've got them, how do you keep them flying? How can you optimize your students' pass rate on checkrides? And how do you get flight customers to come back to you for their advanced ratings? Written by Greg Brown (author of The Turbine Pilot's Flight Manual and Job Hunting for Pilots), this Second Edition of The Savvy Flight Instructor provides nearly 20 years of additional wisdom, experience, and know-how, and includes new ?Finer Points" contributed by industry experts. While this edition retains the key marketing, pilot training, and customer support concepts that made the original edition required CFI reading, those areas have been refined and expanded to incorporate the latest industry philosophies and techniques. Readers will learn how best to sell today's prospects on flying and how to utilize online marketing and social media. Greg Brown lays out tips for offering flight-instructing services with the sophistication of other competitive activities that beckon from just a click away on potential customers' computers and mobile devices. Aspiring flight instructors will learn why and how to qualify, and how to get hired once you earn the certificate. There's extensive coverage of techniques for systematizing customer success and satisfaction policies, strategies for pricing and structuring flight training to fit today's market, integration of affordable simulation technologies into your training programs, and tips for coping with the ?CFI shortage." Along with tips on how to attract and retain flight students, the author examines professionalism in flight instructing. In short, The Savvy Flight Instructor shows you how to use your instructing activities to increase student satisfaction, promote general aviation, and advance your personal flying career all at the same time. Contributing writers in the new Finer Points sections are Heather Baldwin (a commercial pilot and marketing writer), and CFIs Jason Blair (a designated pilot examiner), Ben Eichelberger (a flight training standardization expert), Dorothy Schick (flight school owner and marketing innovator), and Ian Twombly (noted flight-training writer and editor).