August 7 issue of Flight School Business

VOL. 8-ISSUE 16-8/7/2018

TRAINING TRENDS

Flight School Spotlight:

Eagle East Aviation

This flight school in North Andover, Massachusetts, demonstrates that creating and sharing inspiring stories can help community relations and your business. Owner Tim Campbell overcame animosity with the local community by creating a fundraiser to erect a memorial to a fallen friend. READ MORE ›

NEWS

FAA shares plans to cut flight test delays

The FAA says it will give designated pilot examiners new flexibility in a round of changes to the current certification process. Plans include removing geographic restrictions limiting where DPEs can render their services, and eliminating a policy prohibiting DPEs from giving more than two tests in a day. READ MORE ›

King Schools opens Cessna training system to all providers

Any flight school, college, university, or high school can now access the Cessna Flight Training System that King Schools and Cessna Aircraft have evolved over the past 20 years. The system includes online courses and a course tracking application that allows flight schools to track customer progress. READ MORE ›

Boeing forecasts ‘unprecedented’ pilot demand

Boeing Co.’s 20-year aviation jobs forecast predicted “unprecedented” demand through 2037 and included the need for 635,000 pilots, 622,000 commercial technicians, and 858,000 cabin crew members for a total of 2,115,000, down slightly from 2017’s forecast. READ MORE ›

Record sales have Piper CEO crowing

Piper Aircraft CEO Simon Caldecott reported record-breaking orders and new products in the offing on July 23 at EAA AirVenture. A new Seneca V with a Garmin NXi avionics suite is slated for later this year, he said. READ MORE ›

Aviation groups oppose cap on veteran flight training

AOPA and other aviation groups are opposing a proposed cap on flight training benefits for veterans. The cap would undermine the goal to help veterans find a job where they are desperately needed, AOPA and eight other aviation groups said in a July letter to leaders of the House Veterans Affairs Committee. READ MORE ›

Able Flight trains five sport pilots

Able Flight, along with its partners the Ohio State University and Purdue University, welcomed five new sport pilots into the aviation family on July 24 at EAA AirVenture. The nonprofit has provided flight and aircraft maintenance training for individuals with disabilities and wounded veterans since 2007. READ MORE ›

Figure 1 Foundation awards training scholarships

Figure 1 Foundation announced the winners of two advanced flight training scholarships on July 25 at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh. Andrea Gilvray of Hondo, Texas, will receive upset recovery/spin training, and Katy Cowley of Squamish, British Columbia, will receive a tailwheel endorsement. READ MORE ›

POLL

Solo traditions

How does your flight school celebrate solos? Let us know in this week’s poll.

Results

In the July 24, 2018, issue, we wanted to know whether your flight school offers organized flyouts to airshows. Here are the results.

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MARKETING

Adventure time

Pilots know flying is adventurous, but how well do we communicate that to the general public? Greg Brown describes an adventure flying syllabus that adds fun to the training to keep clients motivated and enthused—and could bring you additional revenue. READ MORE ›

QUICK TIP

Looking for a sign? Maybe your customers are. Don’t assume “everyone knows where we are,” or that customers will wander around the airport—which may have restricted areas—in hopes of finding you. A single well-designed, well-placed sign, or a banner hung on a chain link fence, can direct them to your door.

SAFETY

Focused Flight Review makes good pilots better

If your customers have fallen into a pattern of the same old same old every 24 months, you can help them shake things up and get more out of their flight review. The AOPA Air Safety Institute’s Focused Flight Review series offers six ready-to-use scenarios with preflight study material and flight profiles. The topics are positive aircraft control; weather and controlled flight into terrain; fuel, engine, and other systems; instrument proficiency; takeoffs, landings, and go-arounds; and mountain and backcountry flying. See the website for additional information.

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