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SMAC269 Spring Into The 2021 Flying Season

April 1, 2021 by Stuck Mic AvCast Leave a Comment

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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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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

February 1, 2021 by Stuck Mic AvCast Leave a Comment

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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)
- https://air-pros.com
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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SMAC264 You Can Have a Successful Flight Instructing Business

January 15, 2021 by Stuck Mic AvCast 6 Comments

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Welcome to Episode 264. 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. Joining the discussion are CFI’s Tom Frick, Bill English, and Russ Roslewski.

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Cruise Flight (Talking Points):

How to get started as a new CFI
Getting over initial anxiety and fears of flight instructing
Establishing yourself/building skills and reputation
Setting your rate
- Hourly vs day rate
- Should you charge for pre and post-flight? (carl)
- How do you get paid? (carl)
Flight school vs independent
Listen to Part 2 for the remainder of the discussion.

After Landing Checklist:

Picks Of The Week:

Carl – https://www.sportaviationshowcase.com/

Tom – https://www.aopa.org/training-and-safety/advanced-training/cfi

Russ – Spaceman: An Astronaut’s Unlikely Journey to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28439264-spaceman

Bill – http://code7700.com/

aviation safety and resources

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SMAC253 Surviving The Intimidating CFI or Examiner.

September 1, 2020 by Stuck Mic AvCast 5 Comments

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In today’s episode, we discuss surviving an intimidating CFI/Examiner. We all have flow with them and many are known throughout the community and are on many people’s avoid list. What do we do when we find ourselves in the flight deck with a do not fly list CFI or Examiner. We will talk about this and more coming up next.

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News And Announcements:

Russ on Gold Seal’s Prop Quiz https://onlinegroundschool.com/propquiz/

He will be defending his crown on the next episode, live on September 1st at 8 PM Eastern!

Cruise Flight (Talking Points):

Listener mail 1
Listener mail 2
Russ’s experience.
Words instructors use can create a welcoming or adverse environment.
What to do if you are flying with “one of those” instructors.
Are you a CFI who intimidates your students?
Conversations we should have to improve the instructional environment.

After Landing Checklist:

Picks Of The Week:

Carl – Centennial by James Michener – yes, there is aviation in the book.

Russ – Samurai! https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/693350.Samurai_instructor

Sean – F-35 demo team hosts group of model F-35 flyers – working to do this as a tv story next month – https://www.facebook.com/F35DEMOTEAM/posts/3047686565457929

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