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Printable tools for pilots, instructors, and flight schools. Every download is free, with no sign-up required.

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For Pilots

For student pilots and career pilots preparing for a checkride or deciding where to turn for support.

Printable card · 1 page

Checkride Day Card

Checkride nerves can scatter even solid preparation. This card gives you a routine for the week before, the night before, the morning of, and in the aircraft.

Open & Print the Card From the article: The Timeline Shrank. The Pressure to Perform Didn't.
Printable checklist · 1 page

The Pilot's Pre-Conversation Checklist

For when something feels off and you're not sure how to explain it. Organize what's happening and what you want help with before you talk to a coach, peer supporter, therapist, or AME.

Download the Checklist (PDF) Use it with The Pilot's Support Pathway
Guide · 4 pages

The Pilot's Support Pathway

For when you need support and don't know what kind. Compare coaching, peer support, licensed mental health care, aeromedical guidance, and crisis support to find a starting point.

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For CFIs

Practical tools for the conversations and transitions that can make training more difficult for students and instructors.

Worksheet · 1 page

The 2-Minute Opening

For when a fatal accident makes the news and your student walks in shaken. Write your opening ahead of time: acknowledge it, share only what's known, ask one check-in question, and decide together how the lesson goes.

Download the Worksheet (PDF) From the article: After a Fatal Aviation Accident: 4 Things CFIs Can Say
Handoff form · 1 page

Student Handoff Sheet

For when an instructor leaves mid-training and students lose momentum. The departing CFI completes it in about 15 minutes so the next instructor picks up where training left off.

Download the Sheet (PDF) From the article: When a CFI Leaves

For Flight Schools & Organizations

For chief instructors, training managers, and program leaders.

Tools for your instructors

The 2-Minute Opening and Student Handoff Sheet work well as school-wide standards for your CFI team.

Workshop program flyers

Share these program overviews with your chief instructor, training manager, or leadership team when exploring workshop options.

Program flyer · For student pilots

Pressure Altitude

Stress management for student pilots: reframing stress and sharpening test-day focus.

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Program flyer · For instructors

Leading From the Right Seat

Leadership for CFIs: setting the tone in the aircraft, feedback that lands, and trust that helps students speak up.

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Program flyer · For pilots & teams

Navigating Grief in Aviation

Making room for loss while staying steady at work. A 60-minute virtual workshop.

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