Do This One Weird Trick To Speed Up Your Flight Training
Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2019 11:41 pm
I've mentioned this before, but ...
No one much bothers with post-flight debriefing in civilian flight
training, and that's a pity. A real waste.
When I was still legally allowed to instruct, I would tell students
after a flight, to sit down that evening, when the flight was still
fresh in their mind, and send me an email, describing the flight
exercise, how it was supposed to be done, and what they actually
did.
Students would at first balk, but then they would get typing and
send me a wall of text.
Great. Despite being a Pussyâ„¢, I read very, very quickly and for
absolutely free, when they were typing the flight report in, they
got to relive the experience.
I would correct and re-organize their email, and send it back to
them for review, so that they would be able to clearly know what
their errors were, and how to correct them for next time.
That's the second freebie, when they read my emailed response -
they relived the experience again, for free, [u]with corrections[/u].
When it came time for them to do the flight exercise again, I
would have them re-read the email before the flight, which would
get them up to speed and they would inevitably perform the exercise
much better and with much less time wasted, re-learning what they
forgot from last time. Third freebie.
This is a really good technique when there are considerable time
intervals between flights - very common in civilian flight training.
Anyways, despite the fact that I am qualified but not eligible to hold
a flight instructor rating in Canada, the above may help you do a much
better job of flight training.
Doesn't cost a dime. Just a couple of emails, is all.
No one much bothers with post-flight debriefing in civilian flight
training, and that's a pity. A real waste.
When I was still legally allowed to instruct, I would tell students
after a flight, to sit down that evening, when the flight was still
fresh in their mind, and send me an email, describing the flight
exercise, how it was supposed to be done, and what they actually
did.
Students would at first balk, but then they would get typing and
send me a wall of text.
Great. Despite being a Pussyâ„¢, I read very, very quickly and for
absolutely free, when they were typing the flight report in, they
got to relive the experience.
I would correct and re-organize their email, and send it back to
them for review, so that they would be able to clearly know what
their errors were, and how to correct them for next time.
That's the second freebie, when they read my emailed response -
they relived the experience again, for free, [u]with corrections[/u].
When it came time for them to do the flight exercise again, I
would have them re-read the email before the flight, which would
get them up to speed and they would inevitably perform the exercise
much better and with much less time wasted, re-learning what they
forgot from last time. Third freebie.
This is a really good technique when there are considerable time
intervals between flights - very common in civilian flight training.
Anyways, despite the fact that I am qualified but not eligible to hold
a flight instructor rating in Canada, the above may help you do a much
better job of flight training.
Doesn't cost a dime. Just a couple of emails, is all.