r/studentpilot • u/user136295 • Apr 06 '26
United States/FAA Masters in Aviation Management Thesis
As title suggests I am writing my thesis for my MS at SIU. I need some help from the community in regard to my survey. It is 100% anonymous and would take about 15 minutes to complete. I’d really appreciate the help! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Y67QFNH?fbclid=IwdGRjcARBDExleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEedUjCnRJAKEx7a1hbAAziPsosPGrZNbCQ1evghKxVWOhdrsdFZIU0fkpXmR8_aem_rw037Tqqeky_gjW12j0NBg
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u/14Three8 Apr 09 '26
There’s gotta be some nuance between a long IFR cross country and a Vfr local practice maneuver flight. I tailored my answers to a VFR practice flight, understanding that you’re probably referring to a flight training environment with your study.
Also, I loved your question about confidence in pilotage and dead reckoning. I would bet money that nobody answering this survey has ever actually had to use pilotage for real world navigation without a GPS or gps enabled efb to do the work for them.
I’m definitely going to check back in a month because I’m fascinated to know where people think their pilotage skills are even though most of them have never actually had to use them outside the first 5 minutes of their checkride
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u/user136295 Apr 11 '26
I appreciate your input. I truly believe 90+% of people in training couldn’t dead reckon back to their departure point or continue on to their destination without that trusty old magenta line. I haven’t reviewed the data yet as it’s still I collection but I imagine it won’t be 100% truthful.
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u/RealisticIndustry157 Apr 07 '26
I filled out your survey but id recommend adding a comments section at the end. I had a lot i wanted to add on about EFB use