What A CFI Wants You To Know

Becoming a pilot is more than muscle memory.

While it is helpful to have someone with a bigger picture to help you manage situation awareness, it does not abdicate the pilot of their responsibility.

These figures are critical for determining when aircraft inspections are due and how much to bill for a flight.

Weather—specifically the challenges it presents to the inexperienced pilot— may be one of the most misunderstood aspects of learning to fly.

Profiles are created from a debrief of applicants who have taken check rides with a particular DPE.

There is a difference between checking the experience boxes on a syllabus and creating a pilot. Some flight instructors do the latter better than others.

When flight students only memorize information, they run the risk of not being able to explain it, apply it to a given situation, or draw a correlation between events.

Flight training is not a one-size-fits-all. Here are some tips to keep up momentum.

Running out of fuel is most often a result of human error and can result in an unscheduled off-airport landing.

Aiming for smaller goals can be an antidote for discouragement that comes from comparing progress while pursuing a pilot certificate.