Jeanie
Pattern Altitude
Whose syllabus do you use? Jeep, Ralph butcher, machado, sportys.... Something I've never heard of?
Not much point in my reinventing a wheel.
Not much point in my reinventing a wheel.
And there's a syllabus to go along with her book now (lesson plans and such).Bob Gardner had some good comments on the Red Board about a fellow ASA author Arlynn McMahon and her scenario based instruction method. He'll likely be by with additional input here.
http://www.asa2fly.com/search2.aspx?keywords=arlynn mcmahon
(note: I have not read these books, but the follow on comments on the red board were positive)
Whose syllabus do you use? Jeep, Ralph butcher, machado, sportys.... Something I've never heard of?
Not much point in my reinventing a wheel.
Bob Gardner had some good comments on the Red Board about a fellow ASA author Arlynn McMahon and her scenario based instruction method. He'll likely be by with additional input here.
http://www.asa2fly.com/search2.aspx?keywords=arlynn mcmahon
(note: I have not read these books, but the follow on comments on the red board were positive)
ERAU, MTSU, and UND have been very successful applying FITS to both integrated PP/IR and standalone courses. The hard part is developing the syllabus, which is probably beyond the resources of the average independent CFI.And I don't think instrument training lends itself to FITS stuff till you get to flying approaches and enroute stuff... There are some first steps that have to happen before
While the A/B/C-patterns can be very useful for teaching basic instrument flying, there are plenty of ways to do that besides those patterns, such as using published procedures. One of the problems with implementation of FITS is the constrained thinking of may instructors brought up on the historic method of maneuver-based training. Once those mental barriers are broken down, and imagination takes over, FITS becomes an opportunity, not a straight-jacket -- thinking outside the box, and all that. Yes, it's a lot more work to develop a good situationally-based training program, but research suggests the result is pilots better able to deal with real-world flight operations than maneuver-based training produces.How can you fit "patterns A. B. and C". into FITS? That's what I meant by some of the basics just being fundamental practice work.
Jeannie, you'll probably beat me to the double-I, but I can recommend Machado's Instrument Pilot Survival Manual. It's a good read and will probably give you lots of stuff to throw in your -IA teaching material.