About the Course

Prerequisites: None
Approximate time to complete: 1 hour 30 minutes

There is more to being a safe pilot than just being able to control your glider. In this course, you will learn about the three essential elements of good judgment: situational awareness, decision-making, and self-discipline. You will learn some obstacles to good judgment, the warning signs of poor judgment, and ways to improve your judgment.

This course consists of four sections:

  • Section 1: Situational Awareness
  • Section 2: Decision-Making
  • Section 3: Self-Discipline
  • Section 4: Examples

    • Purchase of this course entitles you to one year of access to the course material.

    Please Note: This course is designed for use by a single individual. It is against the Terms of Use to share this course, in part or whole, with other users, or to teach others using the content from this course. The time and effort that goes into the development of these courses is immense. To ensure that we will be able to offer more courses, we need to collect a fee from every student who takes a course. Thank you for supporting our effort!

    About the Course

    Course Curriculum

    • 1
      Course Overview
    • 2
      Situational Awareness
      • Section Overview
      • Video
      • Quiz 1
    • 3
      Decision Making
      • Section Overview
      • Video
      • Quiz 2
    • 4
      Self-Discipline
      • Section Overview
      • Video
      • Quiz 3
    • 5
      Examples
      • Section Overview
      • Video
    • 6
      Final Test
      • Final Exam

      About the Instructor

    • Russell Holtz

      Russell Holtz

      Russell is the author of two well-respected and widely-used soaring flight training books in the United States - the Glider Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge and the Flight Training Manual for Glider Pilots.

      Russell grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering.

      He obtained his Private Pilot Certificate in gliders in 1995, in airplanes in 1996, his Commercial Certificate in Gliders in 1998, and his Certified Flight Instructor rating in gliders in 1999. He completed the FAI Silver Badge requirements in 1997, and the Gold and Diamond requirements in 1998. Russell has given over 2,800 hours of primary, cross-country, contest, and aerobatic flight instruction, and has over 4,000 hours total time in gliders.

      Russell's passion for understanding and communicating soaring knowledge is evident in his teaching.

    Reviews

    • User Review

      Gerald Smith

      Typically this is a dry boring subject; This approach breaks through some of that with useful models and scenarios that are applicable to the everyday pilot.

      Typically this is a dry boring subject; This approach breaks through some of that with useful models and scenarios that are applicable to the everyday pilot.

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    • Russell Rocks!!!

      Ken Desforges

      So much more than just test prep!!! I am learning more in these courses than in all my prior courses including college.

      So much more than just test prep!!! I am learning more in these courses than in all my prior courses including college.

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    • Very informative.

      Armida Hollingsworth

      This course helped me understand why it is important to develop an attitude of safety.

      This course helped me understand why it is important to develop an attitude of safety.

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