ERIC Number: EJ1204019
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Jan
Pages: 10
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ISSN: EISSN-1941-3432
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Assessment of Collegiate Flight Training during FAA Industry Training Standards (FITS) Program Using Technically Advanced Aircraft
Kendall, Chadwin T.; Stephenson, Ross L., Jr.; Yates, R. Rhett C.; Ziskal, Wayne S.
Research in Higher Education Journal, v36 Jan 2019
Collegiate flight training curriculum has changed over the past several years. The early era of flight training involved teaching pilots "stick and rudder" skills in conventionally equipped aircraft. With the arrival of the "glass cockpit" or technically advanced aircraft into general aviation, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) introduced FAA Industry Training Standards (FITS) curriculum that emphasized risk management, aeronautical decision-making, situational awareness, and single pilot resource management using scenario-based, learner-focused pilot training. Jacksonville University's Aeronautics program, in cooperation with its flight-training provider, participated in the FITS curriculum from fall 2008 through fall 2011. In addition to using FITS, Jacksonville University's flight training provider also moved to a combined Private/Instrument curriculum in technically advanced aircraft. This study examined archival student records of both FITS and non-FITS curriculum, in technically advanced aircraft and conventional aircraft respectively, to assess the role the curriculum had on student total training time and end-of-course check-ride success.
Descriptors: Flight Training, College Curriculum, Public Agencies, Academic Standards, Time on Task, School Business Relationship, Outcomes of Education, College Students, Academic Achievement, Training Methods
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Florida (Jacksonville)
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