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Flight Training: What's missing?

Plus, how to address the looming CFI shortage that will only exacerbate the pilot shortage.

By Matt Thurber • Editor-in-Chief

March 16, 2016

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The answer to that question might seem blindingly obvious when looking at certain accidents, where pilot training has failed to prevent these accidents from happening. Air France 447 and AirAsia 8501–more stall training; Asiana 214–how to land visually in CAVU weather; TransAsia Flight 235–how not to shut down the good engine when one engine fails, and stall training; Phenom 100, Gaithersburg, Md.–stall training; Phenom 300, Blackbushe, UK–airspeed control; Learjet 35A, Nassau, Bahamas–descent below minimum altitude training; GIV, Bedford, Mass.–checklist and adherence to procedures training; Challenger 601-3R, Aspen, Col.–exceeding tailwind limitations, along with external pressures training.

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