BLUE SKY AVIATION

HELICOPTER TRAINING ACADEMY

              "The way a flight school should be"

A Blue Sky Aviation Exclusive!

Our exclusive mentorship program accelerates learning and allows students to learn from each other.
 

Every student at Blue Sky Aviation will be assigned a mentor.  A mentor is a fellow student that has taken and previously passed the course the student is currently enrolled.  In turn, every student after the private rating will be assigned a student to mentor.  Our students are both learning and teaching throughout the program.

We believe that mentoring is a valuable resource that the school should facilitate.  There is no better way to learn than from someone that has ‘been there’ and struggled with the same issues you the student may be going through.  While CFI’s are the primary means of learning, sometimes another explanation can make all the difference in understanding. 

It is also important to know that you are not alone.  While flight training is exhilarating, it is easy to get frustrated as maneuvers are sometimes difficult, or the classroom subjects become challenging.  Having immediate access to a peer can help tremendously in keeping you focused.

As our students progress beyond private, they are then assigned a student who they will mentor from a junior class.  We feel that teaching a subject will build mastery and reinforces the learning received from our trained staff.

Mentors are not meant to substitute for professional flight instruction.  The primary role of our flight instructors is to present the knowledge, however we use mentors to reinforce the skills and subjects learned.

Helicopter aviation and most life requires you to ‘pay-it-forward.’  As you receive help, you are given the opportunity to return the favor.  Your skills won’t degrade because you’re always teaching them to a junior classmate as you learn yourself.  We don’t charge for this program, but monitor it to insure success.  Students helping students lead to pilots that help pilots and that’s how this industry works!

Mentoring is an important part of the training process exclusive to Blue Sky Aviation!

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> Learn from a fellow-student that has been where you are

> Keep your skills sharp as you mentor junior students through their ratings.

> Practice for your next role as flight instructor.

> Reinforce and demonstrate your mastery of subjects as you help others.

> Pay it forward!

> Free service integrated with flight training package, no additional charge.

> Never feel alone or isolated in pursuing your training.