January 21 issue of Flight School Business

Flight School Business

VOL. 10-ISSUE 2-January 21, 2020

TRAINING TRENDS

New year's resolution: staff meetings

New year, new you? We often make resolutions to make ourselves mentally and physically healthier. Ed Helmick says it's appropriate to come up with a new year's resolution for your flight school. How about regular staff meetings for a start? READ MORE ›

NEWS

GPS jamming expected in Southeast during military exercises

GPS reception may be unavailable or unreliable over a large portion of the southeastern states and the Caribbean during offshore military exercises scheduled between January 16 and 24. Navigation guidance, ADS-B, and other services associated with GPS could be affected for up to 400 nautical miles at Flight Level 400, down to a radius of 180 nm at 50 feet above the ground. READ MORE ›

AOPA scholarships now open

More than 100 AOPA flight training scholarship opportunities are available to high school students, teachers, primary flight training students, and pilots pursuing advanced ratings or certificates. Make sure your flight school customers are aware of these scholarships by passing along the information. READ MORE ›

Fly This Sim customers complain of delivery delays

An Ohio flying club has filed a police report and asked the state attorney general to investigate FlyThisSim, a company that builds and sells flight simulators. The club says it paid $13,000 for a simulator in January 2019, and claims the company has fallen months behind promised delivery dates and is unresponsive to phone calls, emails, and letters. READ MORE ›

PilotWeb notam site to shut down Jan. 24

On January 24, the sun will set on the FAA’s old PilotWeb notam system. Users of the FAA's website will be directed to the more efficient and user-friendly notam search webpage—that is, those pilots who have not yet found their way to the site, which is already active READ MORE ›

Airspace restrictions planned for State of the Union address

The FAA has announced additional flight restrictions that will be in effect in the Washington, D.C., area February 4 between 8 and 11 p.m. Eastern time for President Trump’s State of the Union address. VFR traffic pattern operations at airports within the Special Flight Rules Area will be suspended during the window. READ MORE ›

Utah flight school employee charged with theft of more than $200,000

Police in Woods Cross, Utah, charged the administrative manager of FLT Academy with second-degree felony accounts of theft by deception, communications fraud, and pattern of activity. Shawnn Marie Puntasecca allegedly collected students' tuition payments and kept the funds by creating a Venmo account that appear to be the flight school's, but was connected to her credit union. Police say she stole $221,000, according to Fox13Now.com in Salt Lake City.

POLL

Staff meetings

How often does your flight school hold staff meetings? Tell us in this week's poll.

Results

In the January 7, 2020, survey we wanted to know how likely your flight school is to acquire a new aircraft in 2020. Here are the results.

MARKETING

Live video: Your next prospecting power tool

How can you leverage live video streams on Facebook, Instagram, or YouTube to bring in some more customers? It’s easier than you think, and the key is to be authentic. William Woodbury walks you through the process. READ MORE >

QUICK TIP

Kindles, iPads, and other tablets are popular gifts during the holidays. Here’s a great idea from Nashville Flight Training: Use email to point your customers to a selection of free FAA electronic publications they can download onto their new devices. Nashville also used this as an opportunity to promote its online store with eBooks ready to purchase on demand.

SAFETY

Gear up for more live safety seminars

As pilots in command, your customers know that the decisions they make always have consequences. Sometimes, these decisions can mean the difference between life and death. Join the AOPA Air Safety Institute as we examine more “what would you do?” scenarios from our partners at PilotWorkshops in this season’s free seminar. Participants will discuss, compare, and debate the decision options for the flight situations presented in the scenarios. It’s a great way to share aviation safety knowledge with seminar leaders and other attendees. See the website for a schedule.

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