Backseat Pilot MEI Lessons & Samples

A lesson & PowerPoint for every task in the CFI ACS with every single Knowledge & Risk Management element included & annotated.
Use the links below to view sample lessons & PowerPoints!

I. Fundamentals of Instructing

A. Effects of Behavior & Communication on the Learning Process
B. Learning Process
C. Course Development, Lesson Plans & Classroom Training Techniques
D. Student Evaluation, Assessment & Testing
E. Elements of Effective Teaching in a Professional Environment
F. Elements of Effective Teaching (Risk Management/Accident Prevention)

II. Technical Subject Areas

A. Human Factors
B. Visual Scanning & Collision Avoidance
C. Runway Incursion Avoidance
D. Principles of Flight / PowerPoint
D. Forces of Flight (Addt'l info)
E. Flight Controls & Operation of Systems
F. Performance & Limitations
G. National Airspace System
H. Navigation Systems & Radar Services
I. Navigation & Flight Planning
J. 14 CFR & Publications
K. Endorsements & Logbook Entries
M. Night Operations
N. Supplemental Oxygen
O. Pressurization
P. One Engine Inoperative Performance / PowerPoint

III. Preflight Preparation

A. Pilot Qualifications
B. Airworthiness Reqs / PowerPoint
B. Airworthiness Reqs (FARs)
C. Weather Information

IV. Preflight on a Lesson

A. Maneuver Lesson

V. Preflight Procedures

A. Preflight Assessment
B. Flight Deck Management
C. Engine Starting
D. Taxiing, Airport Signs & Lighting
E. Before Takeoff Check

VI. Airport Operations

A. Comms, Light Signals & Runway Lighting
B. Traffic Patterns

VII. TOs, LDGs & Go-Arounds

A. Normal Takeoff & Climb
B. Normal Approach & Landing
E. Short-Field Takeoff & Climb / PowerPoint
F. Short-Field Approach & Landing
N. Go-Around/Rejected Landing

VIII. Fundamentals of Flight

A. Straight-and-Level
B. Turns
C. Straight Climbs & Climbing Turns
D. Straight Descents & Descending Turns

IX. Maneuvers

A. Steep Turns
E. Ground Reference Maneuvers

X. Slow Flight, Stalls & Spins

A. Maneuvering During Slow Flight
C. Power-Off Stalls
D. Power-On Stalls
E. Accelerated Stalls
F. Cross-Controlled Stalls
I. Spin Awareness & Spins

XI. Basic Instrument Mnvrs

A-D. BAI Flight / PowerPoint
E. Recovery from Unusual Flight Attitudes

XII. Emergency Operations

A. Emergency Descent
C. System & Equipment Malfunctions
D. Emergency Equipment & Survival Gear
E. Engine Failure during Takeoff
F. Engine Failure after Liftoff / PowerPoint
G. Approach & Landing with OEI

XIII. Multiengine Operations

A. Maneuvering with OEI
B. VMC Demonstration
C. Effects of Airspeeds & Configurations OEI

XIV. Postflight Procedures

A. After Landing, Parking & Securing

XV. Appendix

A. Flight Review
B. Plan of Action
C. Common Carriage
D. ADM, CRM & SRM

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Excellent material.

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CFI Lesson Plans

Everything you need

The “Whole Shebang” package has given me all the resources I need for flight instruction. The best part about the lesson plans is the ability to quickly reference lessons and the source material that is listed with it. The only “issue” I’ve had with the lesson plans, is the abundance of information that I know I won’t have time to teach.