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SMAC269 Spring Into The 2021 Flying Season

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Flying Season

Welcome to episode 269 and happy Spring 2021! For many of us, Spring signals the beginning of the flying season. Today we will discuss how you can better prepare for a safe and fun 2021 flying season!

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Cruise Flight: 

I am Carl Valeri and joining me today is Tom Frick and Russ Roslewski. Today we will discuss how you can better prepare for a safe and fun 2021 flying season!

Talking Points:

  • Welcome to Spring.
  • How to prepare yourself for the 2021 flying season.
    • Flight review.
    • FAASafety.gov
    • AOPA Air Safety Foundation
    • Webinars.
    • YouTube.
    • Start your next rating.
      • Improve the rating you have.
    • Know your limits.
      • Personal Minimums
    • Snowbird pilots
  • What is new in 2021.
    • Masks
    • Temperature checks.
    • More instructors are available but maybe not for long.
  • Advice for instructors to better help your clients ease into the 2021 flying season.
    • Be open and nonjudgemental 

Picks Of The Week:

Carl – LiveAtc.net/snf

Tom – WINGS https://www.faasafety.gov/wings/pub/learn_more.aspx

Russ – Cleared for Takeoff: Memoirs of an Air Traffic Controller by John R. “Rusty” Potter https://amzn.to/39xwcp1

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https://www.faa.gov/training_testing/testing/acs/

 

SMAC265 You Can Have a Successful Flight Instructing Business Part 2

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Welcome to Episode 265. This episode is for flight instructors and those who are considering becoming a flight instructor. But instead of an episode about the technical details involved in instructing we will discuss how you can have a successful flight instructing business. Today we continue our discussion from the last episode. 

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Cruise Flight (Talking Points): 

  • Part 1 recap
    • Day vs hourly rates.
  • Flight school vs independent: some additional thoughts to part 1.
    • Employee vs 1099 (contractor)
    • Why some schools don’t give you a choice.
    • Corp to corp bill.
    • S, C or LLC. 
      • Talk to your accountant.
    • Benefits
    • Students provided by the school
  • Insurance. (carl or victoria)
  • Types of students
    • Primary
    • Advanced (instrument / commercial)
    • Multi-engine
    • Non-rating-seeking (proficiency and refresher training)
    • Even type rating.
  • Seeing a market/creating a niche
  • Recurrency (FIRC)
    • In-person
    • Online

After Landing Checklist:

Picks Of The Week:

Carl – https://amzn.to/35CqeBo

The Savvy Flight Instructor: Secrets of the Successful CFI Second Edition

Russ – Library of Congress Historical Sectional Maps https://www.loc.gov/item/2009582532/

Bill – https://www.facebook.com/kimlysak  https://www.facebook.com/AdvancingAviation

Sean – Free syllabi for CFIs https://www.gleimaviation.com/resources/free-downloads/, https://www.asa2fly.com/Pilots-Manual-Private-Pilot-Syllabus-PDF-P3805.aspx, https://www.sportys.com/syllabus, https://www.kingschools.com/cfi/documents/king-schools-private-pilot-syllabus.pdf 

Tom – https://www.cloudahoy.com/

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