September 29 issue of Flight School Business

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VOL. 10-ISSUE 20-September 29, 2020

TRAINING TRENDS

5 business practices of savvy flight training operations

Instrument training at night? No rental aircraft? When it comes to flight training, not everyone does things the same. But that doesn't mean flight schools can't learn from each other to increase their profitability. Jason Blair describes five out-of-the-box practices that you can consider adopting for your own business. READ MORE ›

NEWS

Chat with industry colleagues at Flight School Connector

Flight School Connector is a monthly online meeting that brings together flight school owners and managers to share experiences and discuss topics of interest. The next Connector is October 7 at noon Eastern time. We will be discussing how to improve school profitability and how to maintain your motivation as a school owner. The meeting will be on Microsoft Teams. Sign up here and you will be sent a link before the meeting.

S.C. flight school hosts Small Business Administration visit

CRAFT Flight Training & Simulation of North Charleston, South Carolina, hosted the administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration for a ground-level view of how COVID-19 has affected small businesses. SBA Administrator Jovita Carranza toured the flight school and spoke with school administrators about their experience with SBA relief funding, according to CRAFT co-owner Amanda Aldea. Caranza, her staff, and local SBA leaders observed a flight training lesson in the school's Redbird Simulator and also viewed the flight school's Diamond aircraft. "Following the tour, we discussed some of the challenges we see in our industry due to COVID, and how the SBA might help in the coming year," Aldea said.

Streaming for safety

Jeremy Walters, a working pilot, flight instructor, and ex-military helicopter pilot from Temple, Texas, hosts a popular online discussion program that covers the aviation safety beat with well-known guests appearing for a variety of piloting, training, and aircraft maintenance conversations. Breaking the Chain runs biweekly in social media channels, on YouTube, or by registering for a viewing link on the FAA Safety Team website. Aerobatic champion Patty Wagstaff and aviation maintenance expert Mike Busch have been panelists. READ MORE ›

Open house or career fair?

As pandemic restrictions slowly roll back in some parts of the country this fall, flight schools in those areas are beginning to hold open houses, and may begin participating in career fairs. If you have either coming up, request additional copies of AOPA's “You Can Fly: Your Path to Become a Pilot” special edition of Flight Training. They make great and informational handouts for your guests. Contact AOPA at [email protected].

POLL

Financial assistance

Has your flight school received any type of financial assistance—grants, loans, and the like—to help get through the COVID-19 pandemic? Tell us in this week's poll.

Results

In the September 15, 2020, poll we asked how your flight school rents airplanes. Here are the results.

MARKETING

Testimonials

You can adapt any social media strategy for your own use, so long as you pick a successful one. Check out Harv's Air's Facebook page, where a "Why I Fly" photo album provides customer testimonials and valuable exposure for the flight school. READ MORE >

QUICK TIP

Hackers are getting bolder, and small businesses are at bigger risk of scams than ever. The best-known scams include government agency impostors, tech support scammers, and fake checks. Find out how to protect yourself in this article from Newsday.

SAFETY

'Barn door in a hurricane': Master class with Capt. Tammie Jo Shults

You've been in cruise for 30 minutes when there's a thump and a roar, and a pitch and a roll. For the next 17 minutes, you will use everything you ever learned about flying to get an airplane with a damaged wing and fuselage, a dead engine with its cowling peeled back like a banana, and 149 people aboard safely out of the sky. READ MORE >

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