On Centerline

Slow Flight Myths Vs. The Airplane Flying Handbook

Welcome to the On Centerline Podcast! Slow flight is one of those maneuvers that seems to generate endless debate, myths, and misconceptions. How slow should you fly? Wh

Turns Around A Point ISN'T THE POINT!

Welcome to the On Centerline video podcast! Episode Content starts at 10:47 Today we take a closer look at how instructors teach maneuvers — and why jumping straight in

Proposed Changes to the CFII Check Ride

The CFI-I check ride is designed to ensure flight instructors can safely and effectively teach instrument flying—but does the current practical test truly evaluate the sk

5 Signs of a Professional Pilot

What separates a professional pilot from everyone else? It’s often not the big things—it’s the small habits and skills that consistently show up in every phase of flight.

The Importance of Takeoff Briefings

Before every takeoff, pilots brief engine failures, abort points, runway lengths, terrain, weather, and emergency plans… or at least they should. In this episode of the O

360s in the PATTERN!

The airport traffic pattern is one of the highest-risk environments in aviation for mid-air collisions — and non-standard maneuvering is often a major factor. In this epi

Additional Pilot Training (and the endorsements you'll need)

A good pilot is always learning! These are words I live by and that's why today we will be discussing additional training you may want or NEED as you go through your

Do you need a medical to fly?

With the passage of MOSAIC things have changed in a dramatic way in the world of aviation when it comes to medicals and the privileges of all pilots when it comes to not

Multi-Engine Ground School Part 3: Performance and Limitations

Multi-Engine flying is some of the most fun and rewarding flying you can do! As multi-engine pilots it's critical to understand the performance capabilities and limi

Multi-Engine Ground School Part 2! - VMC

Multi-Engine flying is some of the most fun and rewarding flying you can do! As multi-engine pilots there are some key aerodynamic principles we need to understand and be

Multi-Engine Ground School - Aerodynamics and the Critical Engine

Multi-Engine flying is some of the most fun and rewarding flying you can do! As multi-engine pilots there are some key aerodynamic principles we need to understand and be

GPS Is Making Us Dumb!

As with everything in aviation, there are no human instincts that come into play or naturally inherited traits. Flying is something that is completely foreign to human be

Assessments - How instructors learn to teach!

Learning to be an effective flight instructor can be TOUGH. They say the best way to learn something is to TEACH it and that is what proper assessments can help us to do!

Do you know the THREE types of weather reports?

If there is one thing all pilots struggle with UNIVERSALLY, it's WEATHER! Today we discuss the THREE types of weather reports available to us, and try to gain a bett

How to train a Helicopter Pilot - Advanced Endorsements

As a flight instructor not everyone you will be working with are student pilots. There will be times you will have well established and accomplished pilots come to you fo

Endorsements for Student Pilots

Learning to be an effective flight instructor is hard enough for most people as it is. Add to that all the regulatory requirements and record keeping you have to do and i

Certificates VS. Ratings - What's the Difference!?

In aviation, communication is critical for safety. Being sloppy with our words can have unintended consequences that can lead to accidents and incidents. So it's imp

CFI Intervention! HOW and WHEN to take control!

Knowing HOW and WHEN to intervene as a flight instructor is one of the hardest things for new CFIs to learn and even harder for any CFI to master. Today we discuss the di

Pass your ATP Oral Exam - ACS Breakdown - Aircraft Systems

The ATP check ride is a little different than most other check rides, yet the way we study for it is exactly the same! Join me as I do my own self-study, going through th

I MESSED UP! - DON'T make this MISTAKE!

I did the one thing I swore to myself that I would NEVER do. . . I sent a student to a check ride who wasn't qualified and they got turned away. Anyone who knows me