IFR Unexpected Flight Situations
Pilots will learn to establish a relationship of understanding with ATC that warrants a safe flight (even if they make mistakes, they are able to correct them so that ultimately there is no confusion.) They develop the capacity to obtain and share information about the flight operation in a more fluent and structured manner, using the kind of language that ATC in the US understand –in normal and abnormal situations. Student’s pilots gain airmanship skills as they face unexpected situations on a regular basis and use new language resources in plain English to deal with them and report them to ATC.
- 1 Inquiring About Unexpected Situations
- Requesting a Better Operational Alternative
- Managing your requests effectively
- Forming opinions for decision making in non-routine events
- Marathon
- Acknowledging non-routine
- The Effect of Uncompleted Actions in Present Situations
- Reporting Continuous Effects
- Drawing Conclusions
- Marathon
- Reporting Troubleshooting
- Dealing with failure situations
- Expressing the continuity of a problem
- Resuming normal navigation
- Marathon
- Runway excursion situations
- Concurrent Past Events
- Re-Emergence of an Abnormal Situation
- Change of plans
- Marathon
- Different Outcomes
- Expressing Requests with conditions attached
- Hypothetical Needs and Possibilities
- Preventing Runway Incursion Situations
- Marathon
- Objecting to ATC Clearances
- Expressing Feasibility & Possibility in Your Requests
- Giving Explanations & Reasons
- Negotiate with ATC and Show Willingness to Cooperate
- Marathon
- Information exchange between pilots and ATC during Mayday
situations - Pilots’ best call: To declare or not to declare Mayday
- Questioning ATC procedures in an Emergency Situation
- Pilot Deviations Theory I
- Pilot Deviations Theory II
- Pilot Deviations Analysis I
- Pilot Deviations Analysis II
- Pilot Deviations Practice I
- Pilot Deviations Practice II
- Final Marathon
Upcoming Start Date: October 28th
Course topics
Standard Phraseology
Covers topics from the correct way to make first contact at Control Centers, Terminal Areas and Control Towers, to the practice of vectors and authorizations on the corresponding frequencies of instrument departures and approaches.
Unexpected Situations
Covers Plain English communications when phraseology is not enough to solve a situation.
Runway Excursions
The most important ground rules, in particular the Hold Short included in the taxi authorizations.
Pilot Deviations
A case study review of recurrent Pilot Deviations.
Intermediate English Level
Students eligible for this course must demonstrate Intermediate level command of the English language.
Usim Marathons
All classes include aerial marathon-type practices where you practice what you just learned in the first part of the class.
Based on current manuals and circulars issued by the FAA.
During the course, students will have real interactions with live American controllers through a virtual communication simulator. The course is very dynamic and was designed in part by controllers with plenty of experience.
- Inquiring About Unexpected Situations
- Requesting a Better Operational Alternative
- Managing your requests effectively
- Forming opinions for decision making in non-routine events
- Acknowledging non-routine occurrences
- The Effect of Uncompleted Actions in Present Situations
- Reporting Continuous Effects
- Drawing Conclusions
- Reporting Troubleshooting
- Dealing with failure situations
- Expressing the continuity of a problem
- Resuming normal navigation
- Runway excursion situations
- Concurrent Past Events
- Re-Emergence of an Abnormal Situation
- Change of plan
- Different Outcomes
- Expressing Requests with conditions attached
- Hypothetical Needs and Possibilities
- Preventing Runway Incursion Situations
- Objecting to ATC Clearances
- Expressing Feasibility & Possibility in Your Requests
- Giving Explanations & Reasons
- Negotiate with ATC and Show Willingness to Cooperate