FAA WINGS Proficiency Phase Lesson Plan

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The FAA WINGS Proficiency Phase Lesson Plan helps an instructor and pilot organize approved knowledge and flight activities toward completion of a WINGS phase.

FAA WINGS Proficiency Phase Lesson Plan

Introduction

  • Schedule

    Topic:
    Time:
    WINGS Profile and Activity Selection:
    0:30
    Knowledge Activities:
    1:00
    Flight Activities:
    1:30
    Validation and Proficiency Plan:
    0:15
    Planned Time:
    0:00

  • Attention Getter:

    • Ask the pilot whether recurrent training is being chosen to satisfy a date or to reduce the risks present in actual flying.

  • Motivator:

    • WINGS turns recurrent training into a continuing proficiency program tailored to the pilot’s aircraft and operations.

  • Objective:

    • Complete and validate appropriate WINGS knowledge and flight activities while improving the pilot’s demonstrated proficiency and risk management.

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FAA WINGS Proficiency Phase Lesson Plan

Materials

  • Required Materials:

    • Pilot FAASTeam WINGS account and selected phase or activities.
    • Aircraft documents, checklists, current charts, and flight-planning resources.
    • Activity-specific guidance and completion standards.

  • References:

FAA WINGS Proficiency Phase Lesson Plan

Instructor Actions

  • Planning:

    • Review the pilot’s WINGS profile, certificate level, aircraft, operations, accident-risk exposure, and incomplete activities.
    • Select activities that meet WINGS requirements and address genuine proficiency needs.

  • Training and Evaluation:

    • Complete the selected knowledge activities and discuss application to realistic flight decisions.
    • Conduct the selected flight activities to the applicable standards, adding training when needed.
    • Do not validate an activity merely for participation; require satisfactory completion.

  • Validation:

    • Validate completed activities accurately in the WINGS system and review progress toward the phase.
    • Explain any flight-review credit associated with completion of a qualifying WINGS phase.
FAA WINGS Proficiency Phase Lesson Plan

Student Actions

  • Maintain an accurate WINGS profile and complete assigned activities.
  • Apply knowledge to scenarios and demonstrate the required flight proficiency.
  • Use the completed phase as a foundation for continued recurrent training.
FAA WINGS Proficiency Phase Lesson Plan

Completion Standards

  • Selected WINGS activities are completed to their published standards and properly validated.
  • The pilot demonstrates improved knowledge, risk management, and flight proficiency.
  • Any flight-review credit is claimed only when all applicable WINGS requirements are met.
FAA WINGS Proficiency Phase Lesson Plan

Conclusion

  • Re-Motivation:

    • WINGS makes proficiency a continuing cycle instead of a once-every-two-years event.

  • Closure:

    • Review validated credit, remaining phase requirements, and the next recurrent-training objective.