Task F: Techniques of Flight Instruction

Question 1

Obstacles to Learning

Answer 1

WIPA UA
Work or lack of interest
Impatience
Physical issues (discomfort, illness, fatigue, dehydration)
Apathy due to inadequate instruction
Anxiety

Question 2

Demonstration - Performance Delivery Used in Flight Training

Answer 2

EDSIE
Explanation by instructor
Demonstration
Student Performs
Evaluation by instructor

Question 3

Positive Exchange of Flight Controls - What are they?

Answer 3

Offer: “You have the flight controls.” Look
Accept: “I have the flight controls.” Verify
Acknowledge: “You have the flight controls.” Release

Question 4

Sterile Cockpit (Flight Deck)

Answer 4

Pilots/Instructors can improve safety by preaching and practicing the sterile flight deck rule.
Refrain from non-essential activities during critical stages of flight. Taxiing, takeoff, and landing, and below 10,000 AGL (except cruise) are considered critical phases of flight.

Question 5

Use of Distraction

Answer 5

60% of stall/spin accidents occur during takeoff and landing
Instructors.
Instructors can and should intentionally create distractions

Question 6

Common Types of Assessments Used by CFI’s

Answer 6

RCWP
Review
Collaborative (learner centered grading)
Written
Performance-based

Question 7

What is Aeronautical Decision Making

Answer 7

ADM
A systematic approach to the mental process used by aircraft pilots to consistently determine the best course of action in response to a given set of circumstances.

Question 8

Define the Decision Making Process

Answer 8

Define the problem
Choose a course of action
Implement the decision
Evaluate the outcome

Question 9

Hazardous Attitudes - Anti-Authority

Answer 9

Don’t tell me.
Antidote: Follow the rules.

Question 10

Hazardous Attitudes - Macho

Answer 10

I can do it.
Antidote: Taking chances is foolish

Question 11

Hazardous Attitudes - Impulsivity

Answer 11

Do it quickly.
Antidote: Not so fast. Think first.

Question 12

Hazardous Attitudes - Invulnerability

Answer 12

It won’t happen to me.
Antidote: It could happen to me.

Question 13

Hazardous Attitudes - Resignation

Answer 13

What’s the use?
Antidote: I’m not helpless. I can make a difference.

Question 14

Stressors that affect pilot performance

Answer 14

PPP
Physical Stress - environmental
Physiological Stress - fatigue, sleep loss, hungry
Psychological Stress - death, divorce

Question 15

Use of Resources - Internal

Answer 15

Internal resources are found in the flight deck during flight. However, some of the most valuable internal resources include ingenuity, knowledge, and skill.

Question 16

Use of Resources - External