Project Pilot CFI will win $10,000 King Air training package
The CFI who enrolls the largest number of new student pilots in AOPA's Project Pilot Instructor program between October 1, 1995, and March 31, 1996, will win a six-day, all-expenses-paid Beech King Air training package at FlightSafety International.
"This is a unique chance to win an advanced training program worth $10,000," said AOPA President Phil Boyer. "It will be a real horse race because all Project Pilot instructors will start from scratch regardless of when they joined the program."
CFIs new to the Project Pilot Instructor program, as well as those previously enrolled, are eligible.
Training will be in the King Air 200 simulator, which represents the world's most widely flown business turboprop. Included are airfare to one of FlightSafety International's 36 learning centers and hotel accommodations.
To participate, CFIs must submit the names of new students who started flight training and were instructed by the CFI on or after October 1, 1995. Student names previously submitted by the CFI to Project Pilot Instructor do not apply to this contest.
Deadline for submissions is March 31, 1996. The name of the winner will be announced no later than April 15, 1996.
The AOPA Project Pilot Instructor/ FlightSafety King Air 200 Contest is open to AOPA-member FAA-certified flight instructors who are participants in AOPA's Project Pilot Instructor program.
To join the AOPA Project Pilot Instructor program, call 800/USA-AOPA or write: AOPA Project Pilot Instructor, Post Office Box 4097, Frederick, Maryland 21705. New Project Pilot Instructor premiums now available The AOPA Project Pilot Instructor program has added two exciting new incentives for participating flight instructors.
Instructors who reach the cumulative 25-student level (Reward Level 6) will receive the new "Successful Strategies to Land and Retain New Students" videotape by industry consultant Ralph Hood, AOPA's Project Pilot CFI marketing mentor.
AOPA's new "Successful Strategies" video distills Hood's 30 years of experience on how to attract new students and keep them flying. Hood emphasizes the needs of today's customers and ways to avoid the mistakes so common at many flight schools.
"It's uncanny. Ralph Hood's entertaining presentation hits some of the exact problems I experienced recently as a new student pilot," said Karen Detert, head of AOPA's Project Pilot programs. "Today's customer needs more consideration, more service, and more selling than back when many students would put up with lots of inconvenience to learn to fly.
"These days, flight training must compete with upscale cars, boats, television sets, computers, ski vacations — and customers' concerns about time and money," Detert concluded. "CFIs need a strategy to face this environment, and Ralph offers it."
CFIs who reach the cumulative 30-student level (Reward Level 7) will receive AOPA's new GPS In-Flight Reference Guides.
A beautifully finished, flight-bag-size leather portfolio contains extensive "crib sheets" on three popular GPS navigators: the Bendix/King KLN 90B, the Garmin 155/165 TSO, and the Trimble 2000 Approach.
The laminated multi-page instruction sheets are detailed and graphic, picturing actual GPS screens, control buttons, and sample GPS approaches illustrating an abbreviated and easy-to-understand text.
All flight instructors participating in the AOPA Project Pilot Instructor Program are eligible to earn awards. These PilotsPlus Rewards are similar to a "frequent flier" program. CFIs earn various awards based on the total number of students taught since enrolling in the program.
Enrolled CFIs register their students with AOPA Project Pilot Instructor so that students can receive the program's helpful materials on starting and sticking with flight training.
As CFIs teach more students and register them for Project Pilot Instructor services, they automatically receive PilotsPlus Rewards incentives as their student count grows.
Some 5,000 CFIs are already enrolled in the Project Pilot Instructor program, making it the largest program for flight instructors in the nation.
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