Organized, not memorized

The PAVE Checklist video course for the Private Pilot oral

Most applicants study question lists. Then the examiner moves from your medical to the weather to the fuel system, and the list stops helping. This course organizes everything the examiner can ask into four areas: Pilot, Aircraft, enVironment and External pressures. You review it on a real cross-country, so you can answer in any order and explain the reason behind every rule.

Who it's for: Private Pilot applicants who have finished training and passed the FAA knowledge test. Instrument and Commercial applicants start here too: the Core is about 85 percent of every airplane oral.

Companion to the book The PAVE Checklist: Organize, Understand, and Pass Your FAA Checkride Oral (Second Edition), sold separately.

What's included

Everything the examiner can ask, organized into Pilot, Aircraft, enVironment and External pressures, and reviewed on a real cross-country: Camarillo (KCMA) to Napa (KAPC) to Lake Tahoe (KTVL).

  • 46 narrated video lessons with animated explainers and captions

  • 8 module quizzes with explanations

  • A full mock oral role-play with an examiner voice

  • Downloadable forms: one-page PAVE briefing card, personal minimums worksheet, nav log with a completed example

  • Modules: How the Oral Works; Pilot; Airworthy on Paper; Systems and Avionics; Weather and Go/No-Go; Route, Airports and Airspace; Performance, Fuel and Human Factors; External Pressures and Checkride Day

Course curriculum

    1. Lesson 1: Why the PAVE Method Works

    2. Lesson 2: How the Oral Works and How to Prepare

    3. Lesson 3: Readiness, Scheduling, and Using the Course

    4. Handout: PAVE One-Page Briefing Card

    5. How the Oral Works: Knowledge Check

    1. Lesson 1: Fit to Fly with IMSAFE, Medications, Alcohol, and Scuba

    2. Lesson 2: Hazardous Attitudes, Risk Tools, and PIC Authority

    3. Lesson 3: Certificates, Medicals, and BasicMed

    4. Lesson 4: Ratings, Endorsements, Flight Review, and Passenger Currency

    5. Lesson 5: Night, Personal Minimums, and Private Pilot Privileges

    6. Lesson 6: Cost Sharing, Special VFR, and Summary

    7. Handout: Personal Minimums Worksheet

    8. Pilot: Knowledge Check

    1. Lesson 1: What Airworthy Means and the ARROW Documents

    2. Lesson 2: Logbooks, Annuals, and the 100-Hour Rule

    3. Lesson 3: Transponder, ELT, ADs, and Maintenance Rules

    4. Lesson 4: Inoperative Equipment and the Go or No-Go Decision

    5. Lesson 5: Required Equipment and Weight and Balance Basics

    6. Lesson 6: CG Effects, Overweight Loads, and Summary

    7. Airworthy on Paper: Knowledge Check

    1. Lesson 1: Briefing Systems and the Engine

    2. Lesson 2: Fuel, Ignition, and Induction Icing

    3. Lesson 3: Electrical, Vacuum, and Compass

    4. Lesson 4: The Pitot-Static System

    5. Lesson 5: Airframe Systems and Glass Cockpit Basics

    6. Lesson 6: Standby Instruments, ADS-B, and Review

    7. Systems and Avionics: Knowledge Check

    1. Lesson 1: The Legal Anchor and the Weather Briefing

    2. Lesson 2: Building the Packet and the Big Picture

    3. Lesson 3: Winds Aloft, Advisories, and Reading a METAR

    4. Lesson 4: TAFs, PIREPs, and NOTAMs

    5. Lesson 5: VFR Minimums and Special VFR

    6. Lesson 6: Making the Go or No-Go Decision

    7. Weather and Go/No-Go: Knowledge Check

    1. Lesson 1: Choosing and Defending Your Route

    2. Lesson 2: Leg One Altitude and Runway Safety

    3. Lesson 3: LAHSO, Wake Turbulence, and Airport Lighting

    4. Lesson 4: Glideslopes, Arrivals, and the Sectional

    5. Lesson 5: NAVAIDs, Airspace Classes, and Entry

    6. Lesson 6: Briefing Airspace and Special Use Areas

    7. Handout: Airport and Enroute Concerns Guide

    8. Route, Airports, Airspace: Knowledge Check

About this course

  • $199.00
  • 60 lessons
  • 5 hours of video content

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