Aviation and Flight Educators: Perspectives from Master Instructors and Flight Instructors of the Year

Michael G. Gaffney - Panel ModeratorDeputy Director of Supply Chain and Logistics

AAR AirliftMelbourne, FL

http://www.Flightlogics.com

Welcome• Michael G. Gaffney – Panel Moderator

– 2007 National CFI of the Year– 2007 NATA Flight Training Excellence recipient– 4 Time Master CFI (MCFI)– 2 Time Master Ground Instructor (MGI)– FAAST Lead Representative– FAA Production Studio Sound Engineer– AFS-520 TAA Course Designer/SME– Gold Seal CFI– Cirrus CSIP – Cessna CFAI– Quest Kodiak Factory Instructor– Diamond FITS Accepted Instructor– ASA G1000 and ASA Entegra Course Author

Arlynn McMahon – 2009 National CFI of the Year

Jeffrey Edwards – 2003 National CFI of the Year

Jeffrey Robert “MossY” Moss – 2010 National CFI of the Year

Our Panelists

Panel Agenda5 mins – Intro/Objectives Michael Gaffney

10 mins –Teaching Higher Order Pilot Skills Michael Gaffney

10 mins – Preparing Real World Flight Training Arlynn McMahon

10 mins – Initial/Recurrent CFI Certification Jeff Edwards

10 mins – Technology & Syllabus Syndrome Jeffrey Robert Moss “MossY”

10 mins – Panel Discussion

5 mins – Q&A and Summary Mike Gaffney

ObjectivesMajor Themes of This Panel

• Enhance professionalism of our trade• Set example for instructional educators• Raise the bar on instructional quality standards• Focus on renewed emphasis of scenario based skills• Enhance the requirements for flight instructor certification

to achieve excellence in our field• Decrease student dropout rate• Define standards for TAA instructional “certification”• Decrease accident rate by increasing effectiveness of

instructional process

Points for Further Discussion in Thursday Breakout Sessions

How to reverse complacency of many flight Instructors?Does self-examining authority of “pilot mill” schools create problems?Deep systems understanding required to teach in a world of complex equipmentFlight Instructors must be taught how to perform their job, not taught to pass a test How to measure and ensure quality if we have 90,000+ flight instructors?Scenario driven instruction must be the focus of all training and eventually, all testingPTS needs to be a testing tool, not a training toolA syllabus must be used for training and the student instructor in training needs to be key to its proliferation in the industryStudent Instructors in training should be taught to do paperwork and logbook entries from day 1Some aspects of mentorship and experience accomplishment must be integrated into our training system so that kids are not teaching kids (inexperience proliferation)Specific type equipment checkouts and certifications should be achieved in the industry to ensure that experience is teaching not experimentation.Current method of initial CFI training and recertification has been designed for convenience and affordability, not for safety

ContactsMichael Gaffney – (321)-298-8910 flightlogics@gmail.com

Arlynn McMahon – (859) 983-2709 arlynn@aerotech.net

Jeff Edwards – (314) 308-6719 vtailjeff@aol.com

Jeff Moss – (310) 966-7655 jrobertmoss@aol.com

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Aviation and Flight Educators: Perspectives from Master Instructors and Flight Instructors of the Year

“Teaching Higher Order Pilot Skills”Michael G. Gaffney - Panel Moderator

Deputy Director of Supply Chain and LogisticsAAR Airlift

Melbourne, FL

http://www.Flightlogics.com

Major Themes• We must demand professionalism of our students• We must demand professionalism of ourselves!• Mastery of technology is only one part of the process of

learning to fly• What happened to the days of deep system

understanding?• Button pushing is not a valid level-set for learning TAA• The CFI certification process has gotten complacent• Professionals only teaching in advanced cockpits: How

do we tell the difference?

Evolution of General Aviation is well Underway

Many of us were taught to fly in these…

1969 Citabria 1976 Cessna C172

OR

Now we are flying in this…

Or this…

Cirrus with Avidyne Release 9

Or This…

Cirrus with Garmin Perspective

Tale of the GA Training Cockpit

Cockpit Safety starts with the fundamentals of how we train

Speed Relativity – Base 60 cockpit math

Diamond 138 Knots

Cirrus 170 Knots

Mooney 170 Knots

Cessna Corvalis 400 225 Knots

Diamond DJet 325 knots

Cessna 122 knots Can you keep up with the speed and technology of your mission platform?

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Quest Kodiak 155 Knots

Instructional emphasis

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Limited number of hours we have with a student:Where do we spend our time?

Pilot and instructor skills must evolve

• Master Automation Operation

• Disciplined Schooling• Understand Digital

Appliances• New Techniques• Constant evaluation of

options available

• All while never losing sight of the basics!

Keys to Keeping up with Technology

• Know your equipment- blindfolded• Diligent training using realistic scenarios• Develop Aeronautical Decision Making

(ADM) skills• Approach every operation with Risk

Management in mind• Single Pilot Resources Management

(SRM)• Maintain an inclusive Scanflow• Use all available tools to maintain

situational awareness

The Art of Managing a Busy Cockpit

Planningand Contingent

Planning

Situational Awareness

Aeronautical Decision Making

“What will Happen?”

“What is Happening?”

“What do I do about it?”

“Go back and modify the plan”

Scanflow cockpit management

Primary Flight Display(PFD)

(Flight Parameter Adherence)

Outside the Aircraft(Traffic and Terrain Avoidance

Chores(Checklist, engine monitor,

Chart management, passenger briefings, baby sit autopilot)

Multi Function Display(MFD)

(Electronic Situational AwarenessNEXRAD, Stormscope, Traffic, Terrain, cabin entertainment)

Conclusion• Evolution of technology will continue at its blistering

pace• The pilot and the instructor must maintain

proficiency over the all three aspects of Training; Flight Skills, Technology Management, and Systems Understanding

• Safe use of cockpit technology remains an issue of distraction and complacency management

• Always fly the aircraft first but know your technology and how it can help you

Aviation and Flight Educators: Perspectives from Master Instructors and Flight Instructors of the Year

Arlynn McMahon - Panel Member

Preparing CFIs for the Real World• Arlynn McMahon• 2009 National CFI of the Year• 10,000 hours dual given (that’s not total time – that’s dual given) • Recipient, 2010 NATA Excellence in Pilot Training • Author, Train Like You Fly, A Flight Instructor’s Guide to Scenario Based

Training • Published in numerous national magazines and in peer reviewed

journals • Gold Seal and 4 time Master Instructor • Lead FAAST Representative

McDonald’s Big Mac

2 all-beef patties, special sauce,

lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun

What is a Good Instructor

Customer Retention

Accident Rate

Semper Fi

Boy Scout -Eagle• Requirement 1 -- Be active in your troop for at six months

after you have achieved the rank of Life Scout. • Requirement 2 -- Demonstrate that you live by the

principles of the Scout Oath in your daily life. • Requirement 3 -- Earn a total of 21 merit badges. • Requirement 4 -- While a Life Scout, serve actively for a

period of six months in a position of responsibility. • Requirement 5 -- Plan, develop, and give leadership to

others in a service project. • Requirement 6 -- Statement of ambitions and life purpose;

hold Scoutmasters conference.

Other Qualities Needed

• Work Ethic• Business Sense• Respect• Politeness• Stand Up Straight, Smile and a Firm

Handshake• A student pilot for life

A Challenge

What is your definition of a good instructor?One that you’d• Pay $100 per hour for • Work with• Hire to work in a fine flight school

Aviation and Flight Educators: Perspectives from Master Instructors and Flight Instructors of the Year

Jeff Edwards - Panel Member

WelcomeJeffrey Edwards

• 2003 National Flight Instructor of the Year• 6 time MCFI • President/ founder Lancair Owners and Builders Organization (LOBO)• Member GA JSC SAT team• Navy A-6 Bombardier/ Navigator, Navy Aircraft Accident Investigator/

IIC• McDonnell Douglas Boeing aircraft accident investigator• President AvSafe, LLC Aircraft Accident Reconstruction firm• Conducted over 500 aircraft accident investigations

Flying Never Has and Never Will be Cheap and Easy!

Initial & Recurrent CFI

Initial• 40 hours total time to Private• 250 hours total time to

Commercial• No additional flight training req’d

for CFI • Very High Risk activity taught by

mostly inexperienced individuals

Recurrent• FIRC

16 classroom hours• Online FIRC—do it in your

bathrobe!• 8710• NO Flying Required!

3rd most dangerous occupation in America. Can we make it any easier and cheaper? Should we? Inexperience Hurts

Experience Gained by Teaching• Jake

By appointment Comm, CFIBS-Aviation Mgmnt SIU-Carbondale

• Flight Experience: 261 hrs, 15 Dual Given, 50 Inst; 23 MESpecialty: Single Engine

• KristyAvailable Fri-Sun Comm, CFI, CFIIBS-AeronauticsUM-CMSU

• Flight Experience: 350 hrs, 85 Dual Given, 80 Inst; 50 MESpecialty: Single & Multiengine; Instrument; Advanced Ground Inst

Inexperience Hurts• 37% of all accident pilots had fewer than 500 total hours*• 189 accidents during instructional flights in 2007• 50% of all accidents occur to Private Pilots who operate less than 33% of

the total hours

*from AOPA ASF Nall report 2003

Where Does This End Up?In flying I have learned that carelessness and overconfidence are usually far more

dangerous than deliberately accepted risks.— Wilbur Wright in a letter to his father, September 1900.

• I learned that danger is relative, and the inexperience can be a magnifying glass.• — Charles A. Lindbergh

You get what you pay for

Loss of Control on Takeoff 18 Aug 1997

• Night dual flight at uncontrolled field• Witnesses observe aircraft land and taxi back

on runway 17• Aircraft departs, remains in ground effect,

accelerates to end of runway and enters near vertical climb to approx. 200’AGL

• Aircraft rolls right and descends vertically impacting terrain

THE AFTERMATH OF A BAD DAY

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• Instructor had demonstrated his “signature takeoff” to students a number of times including a “SH” t/o in front of two sheriff deputies

• Instructor was student at Spartan School of Aeronautics. While there he failed private, instrument & commercial initial checkrides and flight instructor ride and retest

IBWTMLGOAKO• Instructor was new hire in

Nov. 1996 and had 944 total hours with 17 hours in model and 1.5 hours in model at nx.

• Students aware of flight instructor’s practice

• Management not

• Flight instructor’s failure to maintain aircraft control during takeoff and climb.

• Flight instructor’s lack of experience in make and model

Pilot Certificates• Year Student Rec Private Commercial ATP Other Total CFI • 2009 72,280 234 211,619 125,738 144,600 594,285 94,863• 2008 80,989 252 222,596 124,746 146,838 613,746 93,202• 2007 84,339 239 211,096 115,127 143,953 590,349 92,175 • 2006 84,866 239 219,233 117,610 141,935 597,109 91,343 • 2005 87,213 278 228,619 120,614 141,992 609,737 90,555 • 2004 87,910 291 235,994 122,592 142,160 618,633 89,596 • 2003 87,296 310 241,045 123,990 143,504 625,011 87,816 • 2002 85,991 318 260,845 137,504 147,104 29,596 661,358 86,089 • 2001 94,420* 318 261,927 137,636 146,989 16,200 657,490 82,875 • 2000 99,110* 340 251,561 121,858 141,598 17,162 631,629 80,931 • 1999 99,184* 343 258,749 124,261 137,642 17,118 637,297 79,694 • 1998 97,736 305 247,226 122,053 134,612 16,366 618,298 79,171 • 1997 96,101 284 247,604 125,300 130,858 16,195 616,342 78,102 • 1996 94,947 265 254,002 129,187 127,486 16,374 622,261 78,551 • 1995 101,279 232 261,399 133,980 123,877 18,417 639,184 77,613 • 1994 96,254 241 284,236 138,728 117,434 17,195 654,088 76,171 • 1993 103,583 206 283,700 143,014 117,071 17,495 665,069 75,021 • 1992 114,597 187 288,078 146,385 115,855 17,857 682,959 72,148 • 1991 120,203 161 293,306 148,365 112,167 17,893 692,095 69,209 • 1990 128,663 87 299,111 149,666 107,732 17,400 702,659 63,775