January 18 issue of Flight School Business

Flight School Business

VOL. 12-ISSUE 2-January 18, 2022

TRAINING TRENDS

How unprepared students reduce checkride capacity by taking booking slots

A troubling trend among flight instructors and private pilot applicants is to book slots with a designated pilot examiner when the student isn't really prepared to take the checkride. DPE Jason Blair explains why this is bad practice and only serves to increase the testing backlog. READ MORE ›

NEWS

Registration open for Redbird Migration 2022

Registration is now open for the Redbird Migration Flight Training Conference, happening February 8 through 9 in Lakeland, Florida. After moving to a virtual event in 2020, the conference makes its return to in-person meetings at a new location in Lakeland and makes a permanent move to the first quarter of the year from its usual timeframe in October. READ MORE ›

Lunken advises against flying under bridges

Ohio aviation writer Martha Lunken became a 14,000-hour private pilot on Christmas Eve, nearly 60 years after passing her first such checkride. The FAA revoked Lunken's pilot certificates in April 2021 following a yearlong investigation prompted by a highway camera on the Jeremiah Morrow Bridge in southwestern Ohio that captured an image of Lunken's aircraft passing below the 440-foot span over the Little Miami River. READ MORE ›

Learn how to scale up your flight school's business at February Flight School Connector

Many schools are reporting that their business has been growing during the pandemic. But we often hear that with rapid growth, schools struggle to maintain the same level of service upon which they built their initial success. Join us to review some of the strategies you can use to scale up your business while maintaining your core values that made your school successful in the first place. The AOPA You Can Fly Team will host a webinar from noon to 1 p.m. Eastern on February 2 where you can find out more. Register for the webinar here.

FlightSafety International buys Frasca

Frasca International, a family-owned flight simulator company in Urbana, Illinois, has been acquired by FlightSafety International. Frasca announced the sale on January 6 but has also stated that it will keep operating under the Frasca International name and that there will be no major changes for the operation. READ MORE ›

POLL

Insurance rates 2022

What are your flight school’s insurance rates projected to do in 2022? Tell us in this week's poll.

Results

In the January 4, 2022, poll, we wanted to know what your flight school’s goals are for 2022. Here are the results:

MARKETING

A long cross-country

Cautious marketing requires careful planning, similar to what you do when planning a long cross-country. It requires discipline and professionalism. Here's how not to let daily activities swamp your marketing planning process. READ MORE >

QUICK TIP

A new year brings new opportunities for your business. Think about upgrading your curriculum to include specialized training such as mountain checkouts, spin recovery, or tailwheel training. All of these offer new avenues into aviation that will keep your customers excited and engaged

SAFETY

AOPA Air Safety Institute announces four new webinar series

The AOPA Air Safety Institute is offering four new webinar series this year. They are NTSB Insider: Accident Investigations Revealed; Flight Deck Tech: Strategies for Optimizing Modern Avionics; Flying the Backcountry: Risks and Rewards; and Weather Flying: Safety for All Seasons. Each series includes three webinars, giving audiences an opportunity to attend one webinar each month. Webinars will be recorded and published to the same web page for viewing later. The first webinar, NTSB Insider: Accident Investigations Revealed Episode 1 of 3, will take place on Thursday, January 20, at 7 p.m. Eastern. Register for the webinars here.

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