The A.C.E. Flight Review

The first step in the Flight Review is to establish your flying history.

• Total Time

• Type of flying (local leisure, or cross country flying for personal transportation)

• Recent Flight Experience

• Do you intend to combine Flight review with an additional endorsement or airplane checkout?

We then offer an initial estimate of how much time to plan for ground and flight training.  ​

Prior to your flight review, we recommend you complete the Flight Review Preparation Course now available in the Aviation Learning Center at www.faasafety.gov

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• Based off your flying history we will have you plan out a cross country flight prior to your review.  Together, we'll review your planning and decision making and make recommendations to improve your flight planning process. We will also discuss:

• Regulations

• Aviation Security

• Aeronautical Decision Making "ADM"

• Specific topics pertaining to your type of flying (I.e Oxygen, over water operations, mountain flying, etc.)

As you've probably heard, "the cockpit is a terrible classroom." Hence why we will spend considerable time on the ground in preparation for the flight portion. The flight will focus on 3 primary areas:​

• “Physical Airplane” Skills (i.e., basic stick-and-rudder proficiency); 

• “Mental Airplane” Skills (i.e., knowledge and proficiency in aircraft systems);

•  Aeronautical Decision-Making (ADM) Skills (i.e., higher-order thinking skills). 

Replay:  Every Post Flight debrief begins with you replaying the flight as you saw it. In this way, you aren't bombarded with a laundry list of items from an outside perspective. Instead you are more freely able to process and learn from the flight experience.

Reconstruct:  The reconstruct stage encourages the pilot to learn by identifying the “would’a could’a should’a” elements of the flight – that is, the key things that he or she would have, could have, or should have done differently.  

Reflect:  Insights come from investing perceptions and experiences with meaning, which in turn requires reflection on these events.  For example: 

• What was the most important thing you learned today?   

• What part of the session was easiest for you?  

• What part was hardest? 

• Did anything make you uncomfortable?  

• If so, when did it occur? 

• How would you assess your performance and your decisions? 

• Did you perform in accordance with the Practical Test Standards?

Redirect:  The final step is to help the pilot relate lessons learned in this flight to other experiences, and consider how they might help in future flights.  

Questions: 

• How does this experience relate to previous flights?   

• What might you do to mitigate a similar risk in a future flight? 

• Which aspects of this experience might apply to future flights, and how? 

• What personal minimums should you establish, and what additional proficiency flying and training might be useful? 

At the end of your training, we will leave you with an updated set of standards and objectives to continue on your path of becoming a better pilot. Remember, even professional pilots are constantly learning and improving. ​

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• Personal Minimums Checklist: Together, we will update your personal minimums based on the assessment of the flight review.

• Personal Proficiency Practice Plan: We will discuss ways to improve areas of your airmanship that need improvement.

• Training Plan: Finally, we discuss and devise a course for continued training to maintain proficiency and overall improvement.