What A CFI Wants You To Know

Is it OK for flight instructors to buy lesson plans? Or should they come up with their own?

A certified flight instructor offers tips for staying ahead of the aircraft.

A new FAA AC cautions against performing a straight-in approach to a nontowered airport when there are other aircraft in the pattern.

There are many variables when it comes to what a client can control and what they can’t.

There’s a learning curve to the preflight inspection, which can be intimidating to fledgling pilots.

Under Part 61, the CFI who endorsed the client for solo is directly responsible for their actions.

It’s best to crunch the numbers before density altitude crunches you.

Variable test center availability makes it more challenging.

The situational awareness you are developing as a pilot begins before engine start.

There’s an art to moving airplanes on the ground.