Even traditional aircraft, like the V-35 Bonanza, are being retrofitted with advanced cockpit avionics.
By offering a FITS alternative, pilots will receive the training they need in less time and with less expense. Insurance companies, recognizing the benefits of such training, will be in a position to offer lower rates. Furthermore, owners of less exotic aircraft can benefit from lower insurance costs enabled through FITS training. This is because insurance companies recognize and reward structured training that addresses the causal factors associated with many GA accidents, regardless of the aircraft type.
Getting Started
The purpose of this training module is to help you, the instructor, incorporate the principles of system safety into each training activity. Doing so will help you to train better pilots- pilots who are safer and more confident in their abilities. Moreover, FITS-style training will help make the learning process more enjoyable, more exciting, and more relevant for your student.
Because the traditional stick and rudder skills emphasized in the current PTS remain an integral part of modern flight instruction, they are an excellent point from which to begin our overview of FITS-style training. Let’s start by reviewing the Private Pilot PTS for Airplanes. For this example, we’ll use short field landings to illustrate how easily FITS may be integrated into any flight training exercise.
Short field landings are an essential skill for a complete, proficient pilot. However, to primary students, this (or any other) maneuver involves only those elements presented by the instructor. If the only goal stressed is to land on a predetermined point, the student will take nothing else from the exercise. A student with limited flying experience does not yet fully understand the complexities that go beyond the mechanics of the maneuver. As an instructor, you must draw upon your experiences to supplement the learning process. To further illustrate this point, let’s review a short field landing in the context of a FITS training scenario.
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