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Join us for orientation and refreshments, and get an insider look at the upcoming presentations.
Welcome Reception:
October 24th
5-7:30pm
Keynote Address
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Leaders from the FAA’s General Aviation and Commercial Division will report on the agency’s top priorities, discuss certification trends, and present information important to flight instructors.
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DPE Panel
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In this session participants will discuss recent trends of general aviation certification events, including checkride prep, the application process, and ways to improve the success rate of candidates.
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Your Own Flight Instruction Business
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Business of FlightThinking of becoming an independent flight instructor? As with flying, running a flight training business is complex: Lurking around every corner lies potential risk.
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Lunch & Lightspeed: Expect More! How Lightspeed delivers more every day.
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Tip-Top TechPresented by Teresa De Mers, Executive Vice President at Lightspeed Aviation
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Conducting Effective Flight Reviews and IPCs
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Cleared for FlightWe depend on CFIs to conduct this quality control effectively and in a manner that makes pilots want to learn even more. And yet we don’t teach CFIs how to conduct FRs or IPCs.
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The Similarities and Differences Between Coaching and Teaching
We frequently hear people discussing teachers and their teaching techniques, as well as coaches and their coaching strategies. Do these terms apply to your flight students?
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Choosing a Flight Instructor Course for Your Business
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Tip-Top TechCome learn about the virtues and latest innovations in home study systems, and how to use these tools as a flight instructor. Includes Sporty's Learn to Fly Course, CFI Portal, and more.
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The Top 5 Mistakes GOOD Instructors Make Teaching GPS
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Tip-Top TechLearn the top 5 Mistakes and how to avoid them when teaching pilots how to use Avidyne and Garmin GPS systems, including the best ways to simulate failures.
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Get the ROT Out of ROTE
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Instructor ImprovementsAcronyms are ubiquitous in aviation. This presentation will share alternative approaches to teaching several common acronyms that students typically learn by rote memorization.
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What Can We Learn from Accidents?
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What Went WrongThis discussion will focus on what went wrong on a few instructional flights and what CFIs can do to prevent it.
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Mental Health and Well-Being Curriculum
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The Wisdom of WellnessWe propose a performance-centered mental health and wellbeing curriculum catering to aviation instructors who in turn will be able to recognize and guide student pilots.
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Slips and Skids
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Instructor ImprovementsThis presentation will provide recommendations on how flight instructors can help students maintain coordination during flight and avoid skids.
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Flight Reviews for the Older Pilot
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Instructor ImprovementsFlight reviews in older pilots need to assess how competent they are in terms of preflight planning; their decision making; and their ability to understand the equipment they are using.
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Teaching the Type-A Overachiever
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Instructor ImprovementsTwo NAFI Master Flight Instructors provide primary training in Cirrus aircraft to an interesting and challenging group of learners – business owners, CEOs, and general overachievers.
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From the Locker Room to the Cockpit
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Instructor ImprovementsWhat does a Super Bowl champion and CFI have in common? We'll explore how video technology in the cockpit can help leverage student success preflight, in-flight, and post flight.
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How to Co-Exist with Weather
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Cleared for FlightTopics include: Accidents & how to avoid joining the stats, flight service: old myths and new methodology, pilot comfort levels with weather & how to improve, and more.
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Creative Teaching Techniques for Young Learners
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Instructor ImprovementsSchappert underscores the significance of adapting teaching strategies to suit the learning preferences and styles of young learners, advocating integrating digital tools in education.
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I Have the Controls…My Airplane
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What Went WrongWhat if they don't let go of the controls? In this session, we will take a deep dive into a Freeze event using a real world, genuine occurrence that happened to the presenter.
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Creating Training Scenarios by Leveraging Decision Models
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Cleared for FlightThis interactive presentation introduces a systematic method to create a variety of scenarios. The audience will actively participate in all phases of scenario generation.
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5 Ways GOOD Instructors Can Give Airline Pilots Their "GA Type Rating"
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Instructor ImprovementsLearn about airline pilots' biggest fears, common mistakes that CFIs make, and what they really need to be successful returning to their roots. A fun, interactive partnership presentation.
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Base to Final Turn
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Instructor ImprovementsTo avoid that overshoot, the result can be stall/spin or more commonly, an equally lethal botched steep turn. Why? The answer appears to be fear of that overshoot.
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Loss of Control on the Ground
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What Went WrongThis session will include representative case studies to illustrate the accident data, which will be sorted into student solo accidents, and instructor-on board accidents.
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Power Struggles – What CFIs Need to Know
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Instructor ImprovementsCFIs play a pivotal role in training aspiring pilots. However, there may arise instances when an instructor must overpower a student to ensure the safety of everyone on board.
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Why Are We Still Up in the Air?
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Instructor ImprovementsThis presentation would provide a survey of what was, what is, and what could be, simple ways to inject "educator" into "instructor".
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Do No Harm
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Instructor ImprovementsWe will address the imperative that we in the flight training industry must endeavor to apply the same ethical, and, more importantly, the moral standards implied in the medical profession’s oath.
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How to Stay Healthy in a Busy Environment
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The Wisdom of WellnessThis presentation will give CFIs the medical and legal tools to protect their own health and safety and create a much safer culture.
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Back to Basics in the Traffic Pattern
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Instructor ImprovementsWe will explore good pattern etiquette – the basics we were taught and (hopefully) teach. Then, it will explore anomalies that impact the basic pattern and, consequently, the noise profile.
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Caution: Helicopter Wake Turbulence
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What Went WrongThis session will discuss the impact of helicopter wake turbulence on fixed wing aircraft both in the VFR environment and the IFR environment.
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Note: Presentation details, including times and locations, are subject to change.
Topics
At NAFI Summit 2023, we will be focusing on topics relevant to our CFI community. Our program will provide you with valuable information you can put to use in your aviation career immediately.
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