The visualization article had a good description on using mental practicing to mast maneuvers. I can use this article to help students with mental images to perfect flying maneuvers. I remember when I was working towards my black belt my instructor told me to do mental visualization and he used an example of a study which he said was real. The study involved college students taking 50 free throw shots. They were divided into three groups. One group practiced every day, the next group didn’t even think about basketball, and the last group only thought about the shots in their mind. There was a month period between taking a initial results to the next month where they did it again. The study showed the students who practiced improved greatly, the students who thought about it improved greatly also, and the others did not improve. I can think of using this specifically on emergency procedures because the student is familiar enough they know where the switches are and can visualize flipping certain switches.
What I think I can use from the landing article is the use of steps in teaching the student the building blocks of the landing. Obviously they have learned how to keep straight and level, how to turn, and climb and descend if they are at this point in their training. I want to allow the student to learn about each step of the landing process and then bring them together. The author discusses the instructor having control of power and the student doing slow flight above the runway. Also you can have the student fly final approach and conduct the level off until they have that down then proceed to let them flare. But I must be aware that it takes time to master the landing.
The article related to training future airline captains relates to the attitude a CFI should carry and what attitude they should ask of their students. I will use this to help my students understand that every time they step into the aircraft they should be professional especially during training because of primacy. I am not saying they shouldn’t have fun but they need to use their checklists, use proper radio calls, and use proper communication in the cockpit. But in the same breath it is a training flight and they should be ready to ask questions bluntly if they do not understand a particular subject.
