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Our episodes provide the audio from a wide variety of archived LIVEVideo Aviation Safety Broadcasts. FAA WINGS continuing education credits are available for all programs. Some programs qualify for AMT credits. See podcast details or notes for links to more information. read less
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ASA Presents: Author Talks "LESSON PLANS - TO TRAIN LIKE YOU FLY" by Arlynn McMahon
Aug 22 2023
ASA Presents: Author Talks "LESSON PLANS - TO TRAIN LIKE YOU FLY" by Arlynn McMahon
This is the audio version of an ASA Presents LiveVideo Broadcast.The original LiveVideo broadcast can be accessed at https://www.asapresents.net/lessonplans.html and qualifies for FAA WINGS Credit. After listening to the podcast click on this link to take the quiz to earn immediate WINGS credit - https://www.faasafety.gov/gslac/ALC/course_content.aspx?enrolled=true&cID=969During this episode of ASA Author Talks, Arlynn McMahon highlights differences between training like you fly versus training to a testing standard. We’ll look at lesson plans that pilots at all levels can use to improve pilot skills and to Train Like you Fly.This guide for certificated flight instructors - CFIs (and all learners) presents lesson plans in the form of scenario-based maneuver briefings. A rich resource for active instructors, these lesson plans are also helpful to CFI applicants preparing their own materials. This fourth edition incorporates critical information previously published in Train Like You Fly: A Flight Instructor’s Guide to Scenario-Based Training, current best practices, and tried and true advice for teaching both visual and instrument flight.This book is designed to work in complement with any syllabus and the FAA Test Standards. It explains how to teach each maneuver, making the flight instructor’s favorite syllabus even more effective and enjoyable for clients. Find the book at your favorite aviation retailer, FBO, or here, https://asa2fly.com/lesson-plans-to-train-like-you-fly-fourth-edition/
ASA Presents: Author Talks "PILOTS IN COMMAND" by Kristofer Pierson
Apr 29 2023
ASA Presents: Author Talks "PILOTS IN COMMAND" by Kristofer Pierson
This is the audio version of an ASA Presents LiveVideo Broadcast.The original LiveVideo broadcast can be accessed at https://www.asapresents.net/pierson.html and qualifies for FAA WINGS Credit. After the podcast click on this link to take the quiz to earn immediate WINGS credit - https://www.faasafety.gov/gslac/ALC/course_content.aspx?enrolled=true&cID=958During this episode of ASA Author Talks Airline pilot and author Capt. Kristofer Pierson discusses new regulatory requirements for Pilot Professional Development, and resources from his book "Pilots In Command: Your Best Trip, Every Trip” that aid pilots in becoming higher level professionals, leaders, and mentors.“Pilots In Command: Your Best Trip, Every Trip” goes beyond what is required by flight training curricula, into what is both a rarity and a necessity: solid advice to student and professional aviators about how to be transformational leaders. This third edition offers new insights into the airline training process, common experiences, and practices new pilots face when entering the airline industry; expands the previous edition’s discussions on culture, professionalism, pilot schedules and bidding, and safety for today’s airline operations; and includes new tips on maintaining professional excellence and optimizing your quality of life as an airline pilot. A new chapter on preparing for and completing the initial qualifications course, encompassing aircraft systems training, flight deck procedures training, maneuvers training, line oriented flight training (LOFT), and the line oriented evaluation.Find the book here - https://asa2fly.com/pilots-in-command-your-best-trip-every-trip-third-edition/