Flight Training The Way I See It
Flight Training - The Way I See It is a weekly podcast covering essential news, like regulation changes, Training Tips to improve your flying and Opinion on a variety of issues. Hosted by Mike Shiflett, Director of Training at CFI Bootcamp. There are recaps of major conferences and events, interviews with top people in the aviation industry and of course Mike’s unique and at times edgy opinions on what’s right and what’s wrong in flight training. Always informative and always entertaining, tune in each week to get the latest Flight Training the Way I see it.
- Update frequency
- every 25 days
- Average duration
- 30 minutes
- Episodes
- 65
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Episode 25: CFI Certificate Expiration Dates, Additional Chapter added to the Airplane Flying Handbook, FAA NOTAM Regarding Russian Citizens, and our 100th Power Hour Lesson
During this podcast Mike debreifs the topic of CFI Certificate Expiration Dates along with the new chapter of the Airplane Flying Handbook. He then transistions into the NOTAM regarding flight traini…
Episode 24: CFI Bootcamp Plug and Play Syllabus, DPEs Testing Outside of the References, CFI Population and Necessary Program.
Episode 23: ACS potential release dates, Redbird migration 2022, and Techniques and safety procedures for multi engine instructors.
We welcome the New Year with discussion regarding potential release dates of the new ACS, and how to best prepare for the change. Then, Mike touches on why attending Redbird Migration is a great idea…
Episode 22: My take on the Fundamentals of Instructing and creating your own lesson plans…
On this episode we touch on the FOI and some of the biggest complaints CFI applicants have. Mike then transitions into the painful subject of creating your own lesson plans and how the heavy lifting …
Episode 21: Getting the MEI or CFII as an initial Flight Instructor Certificate – Good or Bad idea?
If you have been thinking about training for a flight instructor certificate you may not realize there are alternate paths then getting the CFI for Airplane Single Engine first.
Episode 20: The New Airplane flying handbook and Legal ACS challenges.
On this episode we speak on behalf of the new Airplane Flying Handbook and the changes made on the inside. Then we transition into the legal challenges behind the ACS.
Episode 19: Going Digital vs Paper - Round Gauges vs EFIS - CFI Training Cost
During this episode of Flight Training The Way I See It, we discuss the advantages of using digital charts instead of paper. We then transition the conversation to Round Gauges vs EFIS and how in the…
Episode 18: Using Simulators for Private and Commercial Training. Foreflight and Jeppesen charts.
This episode covers the break down behind training using simulators correctly for private and commercial students. There is then light shed on the power behind Foreflight. Then we cover the true purp…
Episode 17: Testing vs. Teaching Maneuvers.
When I was a DPE for the FAA I did basically every test you could do except type ratings and warbirds. I did Recreational, Sport, Private, Instrument, Commercial, ATP, Multi-Engine ratings, Initial C…
Episode 16: ACS status, "For Hire", My Next Book, Podcast, Power Hour Lesson
Flight Training the Way I See it is back! On this episode we talk about the Latest on the status of the ACS and Airplane Flying Handbook that are in limbo. We discuss Making the Aviation Instructor’s…
Podcast : 15
This week we are going to talk about why it’s not a good idea to rent an airplane that is priced way lower then other places, and we’ll look at a problem area on the CFI checkride and let you know wh…
Podcast : 14
This Podcast is an expanded show because we had to miss last weeks Podcast, so this show is around 40 minutes.
On this 14th Podcast of “Flight Training the Way I See it”, we recap what we learned f…
Podcast : 13
Episode : 12
Episode : 11
On this weeks episode of "Flight Training The Way I See It" we start by diving into the discussion about the historic government shut down and how it's affecting general aviation. We then say why fl…
Episode : 10
Mike discusses his new year's resolutions and a recap of the 2018 regulations that brought music to the industry's ears! We discuss how important it is to make sure you're eligible for the test you'r…
Episode : 9
With the holiday season slowly coming to an end we bring further insight into flying the new pay and benefits structure of the West Coast based regional carrier, Skywest. We then discuss another chec…
Episode : 8
On this weeks episode we talk about the latest FAA announcement regarding certain ASPEN aviation displays. Be sure to read up on this bulletin! We also cover other news from the FAA regarding "GFA" k…
Episode : 7
Episode : 6
This week we talk about the new dawn of electric aircraft and the operational cost of owning one, we cover how to log Pilot in Command time (Pilot Logbooks regulation 61.51) and of course another che…