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using the word “you” in your critique, speaking only to the behavior in need of improvement. For instance, assume that a strong crosswind keeps blowing your student across the International Date Line while flying the traffic pattern’s downwind leg. You could say, “Bob, it’s as if your brain has become disconnected from its plug. You need to man up by making less wimpy crosswind corrections today, not yesterday.” Instead of inspiring better behaviors, you’ve summoned your student’s most powerful defense mechanisms. Critiquing the performance and not the student means saying something such as, “To maintain a parallel track with the runway under these wind conditions requires twice the wind correction previously used.” That should make him happy and you happy...today. While you have enough to think about when training your students, having a pocket-ready five-step strategy for introducing new subjects is sure to make your job a bit easier. Rod Machado is a flight instructor, author, educator, and speaker. He has been a pilot since 1970 and a CFI since 1973.

ASI Online

ifr insights: cockpit weather course
By MAChTELd SMITh
YOU TeaCh YOUR STUdeNTS the dangers of thunderstorms, icing, and low ceilings—you may even tell them that in spite of modern cockpit avionics and datalink weather services, it's still possible to get in way over their head. But do they listen? Often, pictures speak louder than words: And this newest “IFR Insights” series course does just that. Touting a new presentation style—combining video, tutorials, and interactive scenarios—ASI’s IFR Insights: Cockpit Weather (www.airsafetyinstitute. org/cockpitweather) goes straight to the heart of real world IFR issues that matter. It’s a perfect tool for you to use with your students. Here’s why. Two tutorials—essentially narrated videos—cover details about radar images many pilots (even you) may not know and provide examples of how one can use datalink in real life as part of an integrated weather decision-making process; in essence answers to important questions: What's this radar image telling me, and not telling me? What other sources of information (satellite, text, Flight Service, ATC) do I need to consider? What's the “big picture?” What about progress evaluation? You’ll be able to engage your student in four interactive scenarios that create conditions in which he or she has to interpret the situation based on “raw data” from datalink; each scenario has its own short quiz—and the student has to pass all four to get course credit. Of course, you’ll take the course and quizzes to prepare for the lesson, won’t you?

CFI tools

aOPa aviation Summit— focus on safety
WITh fORUM TITleS such as Engine Failure After Takeoff, Spin Myths, What Went Wrong?, Real World IFR, and Night Flying Safety, just to name a few, it’s obvious safety is the name of the game at this year’s AOPA Aviation Summit being held September 22 to 24 in Hartford, Connecticut. As CFIs you know safety starts with education. That’s why we invite you and your students to join AOPA Foundation President Bruce Landsberg and Air Safety Institute Chief Flight Instructor JJ Greenway, together with a variety of speakers such as Adrian Eichhorn, Andy Miller, and Tom Horne, as they tackle key topics designed to help everyone fly smart and stay safe. Grab this chance to energize your ground school curriculum and learn something new. And when you bring along your students, you’ll help them grow and gain new safety knowledge to serve them long after AOPA Aviation Summit has come to a close. Check out the full schedule at www.aopa.org/summit. Don’t wait! Register now.

Machteld Smith is a senior aviation technical writer for the Air Safety Institute. She holds a commercial pilot certificate with multiengine, instrument, and seaplane ratings.

ask aTC: Weather deviating
Do you ever wonder what ATC thinks when you need to deviate due to weather (or any other reason)? Hear the controller’s viewpoint in a short video. Visit www.airsafetyinstitute.org/ askatc for additional answers to common ATC questions. Sponsored by the National Air Traffic Contollers Association

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Safety Quiz: VfR sectional chart
So you think you know your way around a sectional chart? Pop quiz: Can a towered airport be located in Class G airspace? When you see an airport symbol with the letter “U” inside, what does it mean? Take a quick refresher, and then have fun testing your students’ knowledge (www.airsafetyinstitute.org/VFRchartquiz). The quiz is underwritten by the AOPA Insurance Agency, Inc.

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CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 2, Issue 3

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 2, Issue 3

CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 2, Issue 3
Contents
ASI online: IFR Insights—Cockpit Weather
CFI tools: AOPA Aviation Summit— focus on safety
Checklist: A CFI's good grief moment
Safety spotlight: See no evil
Chief's corner: Never too late!
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 2, Issue 3 - Contents
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 2, Issue 3 - 2
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 2, Issue 3 - CFI tools: AOPA Aviation Summit— focus on safety
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 2, Issue 3 - 4
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 2, Issue 3 - Checklist: A CFI's good grief moment
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 2, Issue 3 - Safety spotlight: See no evil
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 2, Issue 3 - Chief's corner: Never too late!
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