| It starts with a dream. You are a young boy or girl and | | | | Navigation and Meteorology, Direction and Weather |
| you can't wait to go to the airport and see all the | | | | Patterns, Communication, Human Performance and |
| planes. You say to yourself: "When I grow up, I am | | | | Limitation, to name a few. There is no class for |
| going to fly a plane." Years go by and you still want to | | | | positive attitude, however. You are going to have to |
| fly - it is the only thing that you ever wanted to do. It's | | | | learn that on your own. |
| in your blood and you are going to make that dream | | | | Commitment |
| come true. | | | | This is your new career and your new life – let |
| Now it's time to go to school and get your license. You | | | | everything else go. Your flight instructor will be your |
| did your homework and you picked the flight school | | | | captain for the next few years. Listen to him or her. |
| that's right for you. It's going to take more than money | | | | Your career depends on it. A good pilot is always a |
| to get through training. Here is a short list we put | | | | student, continually trying to make every maneuver a |
| together to make you a better flight school student | | | | little more precise than the one before. A good pilot is |
| and a better pilot. | | | | always striving to become a better one. |
| Preparation | | | | Responsibility |
| A good pilot is always prepared. A good flight student | | | | In the not too distant future, you will be in command of |
| is always prepared, too. There is an enormous amount | | | | a commercial aircraft. You will be navigating 50 tons of |
| of material to learn when you are in flight school. It is | | | | metal 30,000 feet in the air. You will be responsible for |
| advisable to develop proper study habits right from the | | | | the lives of hundreds of people. If you have any |
| start. Go to bed early. Get to class early. Have your | | | | doubts about responsibility, you better get over those |
| assignments ready and raise your hand even if you | | | | doubts while you are in flight school. Learn the meaning |
| are not 100% sure of the answer. This shows the flight | | | | of this word backwards and forwards. It starts with |
| instructor that you care. You need to be in excellent | | | | the basics. An instructor can only teach you so much. |
| shape mentally and physically - and excellence is the | | | | How much you learn is your responsibility. You must |
| benchmark in flying that is always sought but not often | | | | stay on top of your flight program with all your |
| achieved. | | | | assignments. Responsibility in the flight school |
| Positive Attitude | | | | classroom leads to responsibility as a pilot in the skies. |
| Positive attitude is the power that makes you | | | | Are you still dreaming about flying? Good! You are |
| successful. A 100% positive attitude not only makes | | | | now ready to embark on a journey that only a handful |
| you a better pilot – it makes you a better person. | | | | of people in the entire world are able to do. Welcome |
| There is no room for negativity in the classroom or the | | | | to your new life as a future commercial pilot – the |
| cockpit. You will be learning many things in ground | | | | most exciting and satisfying job in the world. |
| school - Air law and Operational Procedures, | | | | |