ACS Reviews
Our Commercial Pilot ACS Review covers each Knowledge and Risk Management element of every task in the FAA's Commercial Pilot ACS.
Thorough and organized, our ACS Reviews can be used by instructors and students alike. Instructors, supplement our CFI lesson plans to ensure your student is prepared for their ACS checkrides. Students, use our ACS Review as a study guide to help prep for your checkride!
...Comprehensive and follow the order of the ACS table of contents. I will always use The Backseat Pilot lesson plans and would recommend them to anyone, CFI or not.
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A sample ground and flight lesson from our Private Pilot syllabus along with the associated CFI Lesson Plans, PowerPoints, and ACS Reviews to demonstrate how our products all work together!
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Our ACS Reviews cover the Knowledge and Risk Management sections of every task in the FAA's Private, Instrument and Commercial ACS.
Thorough and organized, they're great for instructors and students alike. Instructors, supplement your CFI, CFII & MEI lessons to ensure your student is prepared for their ACS based checkride. Students, use our ACS Reviews as a study guide to help prep for your checkride! Delivered as Word documents & PDFs.
As always, updates are included and, of course, FREE.
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A complete and detailed lesson & PowerPoint for every task in the CFI, CFII & MEI PTS and more. Our CFI, CFII & MEI lessons are exactly what you need for your Instructor checkrides AND to teach future students.
Edit and tailor the lessons & PowerPoints to your teaching style or drop them on a tablet and go straight to work instructing! Delivered as Word documents, PDFs & PowerPoints.
Consistent FREE updates and improvements (as with all of our content).
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Take our Lessons, PowerPoints, and ACS Reviews and combine them with our Private, Instrument & Commercial single-engine syllabi for a one stop CFI shop!
Our syllabi provide a detailed breakdown of every ground and flight lesson, including the Lessons and PowerPoints to teach from, student review topics, planned ground topics, aircraft maneuvers, and more! On top of this you'll find detailed hourly breakdowns, the applicable FAR requirements, as well as student trackers to monitor progress through each course.
Updates are FREE, as expected.
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As the FAA makes changes and updates the ACS we'll update the Reviews. Login to your account to access the most current documents. No subscription fees, just FREE updates for life!
FULLY editable with built in navigation!
With our 100% editable content you're not tied to someone else's style & program. Built in navigation allows you to access any lesson with a tap. Follow links to additional eBook & online content.
Save time & focus on flying!
Our easy to use eBooks contain detailed reviews for each task in each ACS. Review exactly what's required by the ACS and check confidently!
We'll do the work to keep your content current!
As the FAA makes changes and updates the ACS we'll update the Reviews. Login to your account to access the most current documents. No subscription fees, just FREE updates for life!
FULLY editable with built in navigation!
With our 100% editable content you're not tied to someone else's style & program. Built in navigation allows you to access any lesson with a tap. Follow links to additional eBook & online content.
Save time & focus on flying!
Our easy to use eBooks contain detailed reviews for each task in each ACS. Review exactly what's required by the ACS and check confidently!
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CFI, CFII, MEI
CFI, CFII, MEI
Private, Instrument, Commercial
Private, Instrument, Commercial
Private, Instrument, Commercial (SE)
Private, Instrument, Commercial (SE)
IFR / VFR
Let's clear up some common questions
You'll receive a link to the content on the checkout page as well as in an email. No need to save either of those though, just create an account on the website and login to access the most current content whenever you need to!
Only our reference cards are shipped. Everything else (lessons, PowerPoints, ACS Reviews, syllabi, etc.) is only delivered digitally.
After checkout you'll receive a link on the website as well as via email to download the content. No need to keep the email. Just create an account on the website. You can access the most current content there whenever you need to.
Yep! You're free to print the content. We recommend finding a commercial printer (FedEx Office, Kinkos, etc.) to keep the costs down. The lesson plans and other content is quite lengthy.
While the lessons were originally developed around the Diamond aircraft, over the years they have been updated to be more generic and useful to everyone. The limited aircraft specific information remaining has been annotated with a highlighted yellow asterisk for easy recognition and updates.
Additionally, we've been adding a number of aircraft specific systems lessons and equipment & malfunctions lessons. Here's what we have so far!
Single Engine
Multi-Engine
