Exit this survey AIN Pilot Training and Professionalism Survey Question Title * 1. 1. How did you first learn to fly? Military Academy/university/college General aviation/FBO/flying club Airline apprenticeship/ab initio Other (please specify) Question Title * 2. 2. Do you feel that your initial training was professional in terms of focus on the importance of safety? Yes No Somewhat Other (please specify) Question Title * 3. 3. At what point in your career do you feel that you truly embraced a correct attitude about safety? During my initial training After getting my first commercial piloting job As I grew older/had kids After years of reading accident reports After a friend was killed in an aircraft accident Other (please specify) Question Title * 4. 4. What do you think should be done to develop better initial pilot training, with a strong focus on safety and professionalism from day one? Regulations should require that instructors teach safety and professionalism in a more rigorous manner The regulations are fine, but instructors should pay more attention to them Instructors should be paid more and the same amount for all teaching time Regulators should spend more time monitoring and observing flight training organizations, especially the smaller ones Other (please specify) Question Title * 5. 5. Should flight instructors have more experience? The U.S. model of inexperienced pilots teaching new pilots is flawed Instructors should come from the ranks of retired older pilots Instructors should at least have some experience operating in the field before teaching Regulators should require more experience of instructors before allowing them to teach Other (please specify) Done