AVIATION INSTRUCTOR'S HANDBOOK AC 60-14

PREFACE

The term "Aviation Instructor," as used in this handbook, includes the flight instructor, the ground instructor, the aircraft maintenance instructor, and the instructor of air crewmembers. These instructors must understand the basic principles and processes of learning and teaching if they are to attain professional competence. The primary objective of this handbook is, therefore, to provide aviation instructors with comprehensive, accurate, and easily understood information on learning and teaching, and to relate this information to their task of conveying aeronautical knowledge and skill to students.

This handbook, developed at the FAA Aeronautical Center by members of the Flight Standards Service and published as Advisory Circular 60-14, supersedes and cancels the FAA Flight Instructor's Handbook, AC 61-16A. Section One of this handbook contains general information on learning, teaching, critiquing, and evaluating; Section Two deals with flight instructor activities; and Section Three is concerned with aircraft maintenance instructor responsibilities.

Flight instructors should use this handbook in conjunction with the FAA Flight Training Handbook, AC 61-21, which provides detailed descriptions and analyses of flight training maneuvers Aircraft maintenance instructors should use this handbook in conjunction with the FAA Airframe and Powerplant Mechanics General Handbook, the FAA Airframe and Powerplant Mechanics Powerplant Handbook, and the FAA Airframe and Powerplant Mechanics Airframe Handbook.

Some of the material in this handbook has been derived from the United States Air Force Manual, 50-9, Principles and Techniques of Instruction, and the Flight Instructor Refresher Course developed by the Department of Aviation, Ohio State University, under a grant from the Link Foundation. Other material has been derived from the Aviation Psychology Manual for Flight Instructors, prepared by Mr. Harold Holmes of the National Safety Council and by Mr. Thomas Hogan, for use in courses given by the Chicago Teachers College.

We gratefully acknowledge the valuable assistance of these organizations and individuals and appreciate their kind permission in allowing us to draw from their works.