The questionnaire below helps us get some background on you and your flight training needs. Complete it and send it back to us after we receive this we can set up a time to speak by phone in more detail about your goals and schedule availability for flight training.

Sincerely,

Sky & the Fly Sky CFI Team

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Fly Sky CFI New Instrument Student Questionnaire 

DATE: XX-XX-2026

——THE PILOT
1. Name:
2. Pilot license number:
3. Class of medical held:
4. Date of medical issuance:
5. Age:
6. Flight Review Date:
7. Phone number:
8. Email address:
9. Home base airport:
——- THE PLANE
1. Type of aircraft presently being flown? Year/Make/Model?
2. Type of GPS unit you have been using?
3. Date of aircraft annual:
4. Tail number:
5. Date of 91.114 Altimeter check:
6. Any STCs? If so explain:
7. Any squawks on the aircraft? If so, please explain?
-—- EXPERIENCE
1. Total flight hours:
2. In last 90 days:
3. In the airplane you will be pursuing your instrument rating?
——Total instrument hours:
1. Total instructed:
2. In last 90 days:

3. Foggle flight with safety pilot:
4. In last 90 days:

——IMC flight hours:
1. In last 90 days: 

——Night Hours:
1. In last 90 days:

—-- THE AVIONICS
1. Do you fly with a GNSS (GPS) avionics system? If so, which one?
2. Is it WAAS?
3. Approximately many hours do you have using it?
4. Do you have an auto pilot? If so, which one?
5. Approximately many hours do you have operating it?

—— THE WRITTEN
1. Written exam score: (N/A if IR rated)
2. Codes of incorrect test answers:

——KNOWLEDGE AND PERFORMANCE
Rate on a scale of 1 to 7 your proficiency/experience in the items listed below:                                                                      

1=I don’t know what this is                                                       

2=I have some book knowledge on the topic
 

3=I have a lot of book knowledge on the topic
 

4=I have flown this 1-3 times before.                                       

5=I have flown this to ACS standard more than once.

6=I feel confident that I can fly this on my own without instruction and consistently to ACS standards.

7=I’m confident I have this skill checkride ready and above the ACS standards in IMC conditions.

1. Hold entries
2. Flying Timed VOR Holds
3. Flying VOR DME Holds
4. Flying GPS Holds
5. Setting up an assigned unpublished hold
6. CRAFT V calls
7. VOR approaches
8. NDB/ADF (if you have it on your aircraft flown)
9. Autopilot Operation (if you have it on your aircraft flown) 10. Localizer approaches with timing required
11. Localizer approaches with DME
12. LDA approaches
13. ILS approaches
14. Localizer back course approaches
15. GPS approaches
16. DME arcs
17. Departure procedures
18. Missed approaches
19. Steep turns under foggles

20. Unusual attitudes recoveries
21. Briefing approach plates (have you been show any process for annotating them before flying?)
22. Do you know your settings for airspeed and decent rates?    

——Schedule availability

***We are able to be flexible within the time span of 5 AM to midnight seven days per week.
1. What does your schedule availability look like on weekends and weekdays?

How I Engage:

A complimentary 15-minute alignment call is available following completion of the intake questionnaire provided via email. This step ensures alignment of goals, aircraft configuration, and training objectives to support an efficient and effective training experience.

This approach allows me to be efficient, present, and selective about the projects I take on, and ensures that once we proceed, the work is focused, well-defined, and moves quickly. I do not offer open-ended exploratory calls; this structure allows me to deliver high-quality, outcome-driven work while respecting everyone’s time.