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The Four Forces of Training – Part 4

The Four Forces of Training – Part 4 - Minimising Cost We are now at the last of the 4 great forces at work within any training environment – whether you are a 141 flight school or a 142 Integrated training organisation. This is the “Cost” force which can drag you...

The Four Forces of Training – Part 3

The Four Forces of Training – Part 3 - Maximising the Force for Creating Excellent Pilots So far I have written about two of the 4 great forces at work within any training environment – whether you are a 141 flight school or a 142 Integrated training organisation. The...

The Four Forces of Training – Part 2

The Four Forces of Training – Part 2 - Minimize Compliance Complexity In my last article I spoke of the 4 great forces at work within any training environment – whether you are a 141 flight school or a 142 Integrated training organisation. The great challenge of...

The Four Forces of Training – Part 1

The Four Forces of Training - Part 1 There are 4 great forces at work within any training environment – whether you are a 141 flight school with private, commercial and instrument pilots or a 142 Integrated CPL, multicrew and Type rating training organisation. The...

Give it a tick, surely it will be fine

Flight Training – give it a tick, surely it will be fine Tom had a chat to his student before the flight, about what was going to happen. It was the second flight for the Multi-engine Class Rating. They were heading off in the company’s Piper Seminole. Tom had done...

The Power of Great Lesson Plans

When I was preparing for my private pilot flight test, my instructor pulled me aside and gave me a briefing on the examiner! He told me about this examiner’s preferences, likes and dislikes, and we discussed how I would modify my actions to ensure that I was able to...

In Thrust We Trust

It is a basic pilot mantra – “In thrust we trust”. We know that without power we have only one destination…and it’s down and it’s often not pretty. Oshkosh day one seemed to be all about power: 8 engines in the B52. 2 engines at Mach 3 in the SR71 (the day before at...

Being Proactive

5 Unbelievably Simple Things To Grow Your Flight School Sometimes we let our Flight School just drift along when we need to be proactive about growth. Let me share 5 simple things we could all do for a mid year kick start to get us started to actively grow our...