June 11 issue of Flight School Business

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VOL. 9-ISSUE 12-June 11, 2019

TRAINING TRENDS

Product Spotlight: TakeFlight Interactive

Is it possible to augment flight instruction with artificial intelligence? Rainier Flight Service is seeing promising results with innovative training software from TakeFlight Interactive. READ MORE ›

NEWS

2019 AOPA Flight Training Experience Survey opens

How well is your flight school doing its job of providing value and enjoyment to its customers? Find out by having your customers take AOPA's annual survey. Anyone who has taken flight training, including recurrent training, within the past 12 months, can weigh in and share their experience. READ MORE ›

Sebring cancels U.S. Sport Aviation Expo

After 15 years, the U.S. Sport Aviation Expo is calling it quits. Held since its inception at Sebring Regional Airport in Florida, the airport will instead focus on youth and growing the future of aviation. READ MORE ›

New rule ends private flights to Cuba

Planning to fly a general aviation airplane to Cuba? You're too late. As of June 5, a final rule from the Department of Commerce implemented additional restrictions on travel and commerce with Cuba. The rule grandfathers in persons with travel arrangements already made. Although commercial flights are permitted, travel to Cuba by private aircraft, vessel, or spacecraft is not permitted. READ MORE ›

POLL

Discounts for employees

Does your flight school offer free or discounted training to employees? Tell us in this week's poll.

Results

In the May 28, 2019, survey, we wanted to know whether your flight school trains veterans under the GI Bill. Here are the results.

MARKETING

Careful what you post

Videos are a great addition to your website. Videos that show dangerous or illegal behavior are not great for your flight school’s reputation. What’s more, just because you remove them doesn’t mean they have vanished forever. READ MORE >

QUICK TIP

Flight reviews are a requirement, but they don't have to be routine. CubFlying.com and Auburn Municipal Airport (S50) in Auburn, Washington, advertises flight reviews in tailwheel aircraft to challenge clients to try a new experience. The flight school's website emphasizes that pilots don’t need a tailwheel endorsement to receive a flight review, and stresses the "romance of tailwheel flying and grass runways."

SAFETY

Watch those controls

Do your customers get confused about positioning the flight controls while taxiing? The AOPA Air Safety Institute’s video can help. And it will make them cognizant about what the wind is doing in all phases of flight. Watch the video here.

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