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 You have kids. Is it possible that your child might want to fly? Is it possible
that they need to get interested in something like aviation? AV NET may be just
the place to turn for a good solution to your situation!
Our MKF solutions are specifically designed for kids age 12 through 17.
MKF (MY KID FLIES!)
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YOUR SITUATION: You have a child that has indicated that they are
interested in aviation as a career. You would like to know if there some
kind of a camp that you can send your child to in order to see if they are
really “cut out” for flying, or a career in aviation. Is there a good
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Yes. Only it is not exactly a camp. It is just a short visit to our
training facility and it is a whole lot of fun! As a parent, you want to provide
all that you can for your child, but you certainly don’t want to force them into
a career direction that is just not right for them. And you certainly don’t want
to pay for all of that expensive training in the aviation industry if they don’t
really like it. College is expensive enough. If you add flight training on top
of the costs associated with a college education, it could turn out to be an
investment that exceeds $40,000 per year, per child! In addition to the cost, it
may not be wise to either force or allow your child to pursue a career that is
most likely not a good match for them. It may actually be unsafe to try to make
them like aviation. Flying, and the passion for flight just seems to come more
naturally for some than for others. We want to help you as a good parent to be
able to make that discernment. The only good way that we know of to do that is
to issue your kid a set of our headsets. We put them in the left seat of one of
our real aircraft. Then we spend some time together with them. Both on the
ground and in the air.
For these special situations, we offer this 2 day MKF (My Kid Flies!) program We
require that at least one adult is on site during the two days, and consent
paperwork is required. The program includes a lot of flying, and the ground
portion includes instruction and testing in simple aviation concepts as well as
math and science. The flying portion includes actual flight instruction in
aircraft control, navigation, calculations, and division of attention. At the
conclusion of the course, the student is awarded an actual pilots logbook.
Regardless of their age, the logbook that they receive will document the ground
and flight instruction accomplished. The flight hours count towards any FAA
certificate or rating that they pursue in the future. We also include a
certificate of completion. Finally, the parent or parents of the child will
receive a complete confidential assessment and recommendation for their child.
The assessment is a confidential written review of the students motor skills,
aptitude, retention, fear, trainability, attitude, and interest in aviation. The
recommendation is a confidential written summary of the possible aviation career
paths that are available, the potential costs, and the degree of difficulty that
the child would have in attaining each one of them. The results of the written
assessment and recommendation are never shared among students or other parents,
and there is no opportunity for any student to compete or feel pressure of
competition of any kind during the MKF camp. Av Net does not keep a permanent
record of any MKF course that is completed.
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YOUR SITUATION: You have a child that has few or no interests other
than TV and movies. You are concerned with certain behavior or attention
situations that have surfaced. Your question has to do with if there is a
positive way to motivate a change in their behavior by getting them
interested in something like aviation. Is there a good solution? |
Yes. Maybe. This program is a very effective tool for helping some
parents. In other cases, it was of no use at all. What we have often found is
that when you allow a youngster like yours access to the left seat of an
airplane and let them make the first takeoff, more often than not, what you have
just done is changed their life forever. And that may be exactly what you want
to do! Under controlled conditions, we do allow them access to the sky. The
first takeoff will be one that they made, wobbly or not! The first landing will
be their attempt. Sometimes we can log 5 or 6 landings off of that first
attempt! The point is that they are challenged with the incredibly challenging
world of flight, and they can see that each action always has a reaction. They
can also see that they are the cause of that reaction. Now you have introduced
them to a world that is worth the working towards. It is a world worth changing
behavior over, and often they can envision themselves being a pilot one day for
real. The MKF program utilizes every opportunity to motivate kids about flying,
but most importantly it underscores to the child from an independent source
other than a parent that it pays to do well in school, and that their actions
are indeed their choice. For these special situations, we offer this 2 day MKF
(My Kid Flies) program We require that at least one adult is on site during the
two days, and consent paperwork is required. The program includes actual flight
instruction in aircraft control, navigation, calculations, and division of
attention. At the conclusion of the course, the student is awarded an actual
pilots logbook. Regardless of their age, the logbook that they receive will
document the ground and flight instruction accomplished. The flight hours count
towards any FAA certificate or rating that they pursue in the future. We also
include a certificate of completion. Finally, The parent or parents of the child
will receive a complete confidential assessment and recommendation for their
child. The assessment is a confidential written review of the students motor
skills, aptitude, retention, fear, trainability, attitude, and interest in
aviation. The recommendation is a confidential written summary of the possible
aviation career paths that are available, the potential costs, and the degree of
difficulty that the student would have in attaining each one of them. The
results of the written assessment and recommendation are never shared among
students or other parents, and there is no opportunity for any student to
compete or feel pressure of competition during the MKF camp. Av Net does not
keep a permanent record of any MKF course that is completed.
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YOUR SITUATION: You have a child that is currently enrolled in an
aviation training school or program of some kind. You are concerned with
the costs, the progress or the lack thereof, or the safety of the program
that they are participating in. Is there a good solution? |
Yes. Maybe. Sometimes it is hard to evaluate the specifics of a situation
without a close personal inspection. We do know that just like all business,
there are flight schools and organizations who routinely embrace unethical
aviation business conduct. Your child may be locked in to one of these. One of
the biggest warnings that we can reiterate, is the warning to beware of any
flight training operation whose policy it is to collect large fees up front for
flying and training to be accomplished at some future date. On occasion,
students have found that these schools are so disorganized, unsafe, and
inefficient that they have easily become so discouraged, frustrated, and
disgusted that they have been forced to walk away with no refund, and no
completion. Remember that these type training operations are glad to take your
funds, but rarely have a means or track record of issuing refunds of any kind.
Beware of any training “package price” that is in excess of $5000 and requires
more than 50% to be paid “up front.”
If you would like some help in determining if you are actually getting what you
are paying for from your child’s enrollment fees, or if your child is involved
in an acceptable situation or not, please contact us.
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