An online flight instructor's web lesson revealed several minor radio and phraseology errors, including inefficient frequency tuning.
A significant mistake, and the focus of the article's tip, was twisting the radio frequency knob in the wrong direction, making the tuning process slower and less efficient.
To tune radios efficiently, pilots should turn frequency adjustment knobs to the right for higher frequencies and to the left for lower frequencies, reducing unnecessary knob twisting.
I was checking out an online preview of a video series by a flight instructor who, for a small charge, promised to teach you to be a better pilot. So, of course, I couldn’t resist critiquing this instructor’s web lesson.
He made a lot of little mistakes, mostly having to do with his use of the radios and his phraseology. Two errors stood out.
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