Instructor

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Instructor Professionalism
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Setting the Tone
There is nothing in aviation that demands that
students must suffer as part of their
instruction. Aviation Instructors Handbook
We must not further complicate the learning
experience by being unprofessional
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NTSB Top Ten List
According to NTSB, there have been a disturbing
number of individual incidents of noncompliant
behavior, intentional misconduct, or lack of
commitment to essential tasks.
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NTSB Top Ten List
These occurrences demonstrate an erosion of pilot
and air traffic controller professionalism.
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Professionalism is not something we can regulate,
but it is something we can ... urge pilots and
flight crews to aspire to. 2010 US/Europe
International Aviation Safety Conference, FAAs
Greg Kirkland, June 9, 2010
What does professionalism mean to you?
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How do these behaviors of professionalism
apply to CFIs and DPEs? What other parallels
exist between the medical aviation training
professions?
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Law of Primacy the first experience of something
often creates a strong, almost unshakable
impression.
What does this law of learning mean, and how
significant is it in our interactions w/ students?
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What techniques do you use to advance students
through the various levels of learning? How do
you reconcile minimum standards with a
professional duty to train to the Correlation
level?
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What techniques do you use to minimize student
frustration?
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Successful professionals understand that the
price of excellence is hard work and thorough
preparation. Aviation Instructors Handbook
How do you plan your lessons, and do you use a
written syllabus?
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Example of Resources Available to Instructors
Pilot Training Reform Symposium
Output www.PilotTrainingReform.org
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Successful professionals understand that the
price of excellence is hard work and thorough
preparation. Aviation Instructors Handbook
What do you do as part of your own continuing
education strategy?
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Continuing education can take many forms
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CFI Professional Accreditation Program
including striving for advanced
accreditation/recognition
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Generally, students consider their instructor to
be a role model whose habits they attempt to
imitate, whether consciously or unconsciously.
Aviation Instructors Handbook
What are your thoughts on voluntary codes of
conduct for instructors and DPEs?
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Family of Model Codes of Conduct www.SecureAv.com
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• Hazardous Attitudes
• Anti-authority (Dont tell me)
• Impulsivity (Do it quickly)
• Invulnerability (It wont happen to me)
• Macho (I can do it)
• Resignation (Whats the use)

As a role model, which of these do you
personally have to be mindful of, and whats your
antidote?
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Personal habits have a significant effect on the
professional image. The exercise of common
courtesy is perhaps the most important of these.
Aviation Instructors Handbook
What are your thoughts about these statements,
and what specific courtesy tips do you pass on
to your students?
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Review
You never know on which flight your career will
be judged. Professionalism in Aviation,Robert
L. Sumwalt, NTSB Board member,March 30, 2011
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Summary
During this forum, we discussed

• Erosion of Professionalism (NTSB Top Ten)
• Definitions / Behaviors of Professionalism
• Law of Primacy / Levels of Learning
• Minimizing Student Frustration
• Hard Work Preparation ? Excellence

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Summary
During this forum, we discussed

• Importance of Continuing Education
• Our Responsibilities as Role Models
• Codes of Conduct
• Hazardous Attitudes
• Exercising Common Courtesy
• Instructor Dos

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This presentation would not have been possible
without the generous help and support of the
following Your Forum Facilitator FAA Safety
Teamwww.FAASafety.gov SAFEwww.SafePilots.org Ric
h Stowell, MCFI-Awww.RichStowell.com Doug
Stewart, MCFIwww.DSFlight.com
Created August 2012