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Scenario · Flight Training Academy

Plan and brief a visual flight rules navigation lesson

You are a junior flight instructor at the Flight Training Academy.

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The situation

What has happened

Student pilot Tomas Lindqvist is ready for navigation lesson 3 of the commercial pilot licence course: a visual flight rules triangular route through the training area with landings at two other aerodromes. The Head of Flight Training wants you to plan the flight, prepare the lesson plan and pre-flight briefing on the academy template and present it for authorisation. The plan must include the syllabus objectives, weather minima for the lesson, fuel, weight and balance for the single-engine trainer, the radio and airspace plan, and the threats for the day. A training aircraft recently taxied close to an airline turnaround, so the taxi route and radio calls at the shared aerodrome must be part of the briefing. The flight is entered in the dispatch record as TRN-0917-03.

Your brief. Prepare a complete flight plan and a lesson plan and briefing for navigation lesson 3 that meets the syllabus, the academy's minima and the aerodrome procedures, obtain authorisation from the supervising instructor, and record the plan in the dispatch record and the student's training file.
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Tasks

Deliverables

  • Completed flight plan with fuel and weight and balance
  • Completed lesson plan and briefing on the template
  • Authorisation record
  • Updated TRN-0917-03 dispatch record

Documents to use

Systems to use

Crew Training and Qualification Records

Tracks the qualifications, checks, endorsements, recurrent training and expiry dates of pilots, cabin crew, ground staff, instructors and students.

Flight Movements and Dispatch

Records every scheduled, charter and training movement with crew, aircraft, load, dangerous goods and turnaround details from planning to departure.

Safety Reporting System

Holds every occurrence, hazard, fatigue, security and dangerous goods report with its classification, investigation status and corrective actions.

For trainers and assessors

Units of competency

Current on training.gov.au for the Aviation Training Package as at 10 September 2026.

AVIH0010Plan a flight under visual flight rules
AVIY0040Apply aeronautical knowledge to aviation operations
AVIY0041Apply the principles of civil air law to aviation operations
AVIH0019Manage aircraft performance and load
AVIM0003Conduct aeronautical knowledge training and flight training

Qualifications

AVI50222Diploma of Aviation (Commercial Pilot Licence - Aeroplane)
AVI50419Diploma of Aviation (Flight Instructor)
Assessor notes

What to look for

Evidence guide

Check the flight plan calculations, fuel reserves and weight and balance against the aircraft data supplied, the application of the academy minima and airspace rules, and a lesson plan that covers objectives, standards, handover of control and threats including the aerodrome taxi conflict. The authorisation step must be recorded before the flight.

The student's evidence summary lists every record they created or changed in the systems named above, their notes and the tasks they ticked. Verify it against the deliverables and your own assessment tool.