Date of Award

5-1-1977

Document Type

Thesis

Abstract

Throughout the paper, the terms formal pilot training and informal pilot training appear. They refer to private pilot training accomplished under part 141 and part 61 of the Federal Aviation Regulations, respectively, in the most general sense. The terms may carry various connotations. Information regarding Instructor Attitudes was obtained mainly from conversations carried out between myself and various student pilots and instructors within an approximate 50 mile radius of Grand Forks, North Dakota. Also, ideas from a course which leads to the CFI certificate taught at the University of North Dakota v1ere considered.The paper is itself a preface to further study. These remarks are personal opinions of the author based on information collected from the following sources: North Dakota Aeronautics Commission, independent research conducted at the University of Maryland, the FAA, and 11 visual 11 material used in the University of North Dakota Aviation Department's CFI course.A recommendation for further exploration and study to follow this preface is contained in the last chapter, with suggestions as to how one might limit the ~cope of the work, and a method of how one mightgather information. Then, by examination of the data collected one would be in a position to comment on the worth of Part 61 and Part 141 as training guidelines. Thei are used simply to indicate the 11 path 11 followed to the private pilot certificate. The basic difference between the two is that training conducted under Part 141 follows a specified curriculum or syllabus whereas training conducted under Part 61 does not.

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