Aviation Instructor's Handbook (2025): FAA-H-8083-9B

by Federal Aviation Administration

Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc. has been the industry’s trusted source for official FAA publications for over 80 years. Look for the ASA wings to ensure you’re purchasing the latest authentic FAA release. This handbook FAA-H-8083-9B is current in 2023. Designed for ground instructors, flight instructors, and aviation maintenance instructors, this Aviation Instructor’s Handbook was developed by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in cooperation with aviation educators and industry to help beginning instructors understand and apply the fundamentals of instruction. It provides up-to-date information on learning and teaching and how to apply this to the task of teaching aeronautical knowledge and skills to learners. Experienced aviation instructors will also find the information useful for improving their effectiveness in training activities. This book is a key reference tool to all the information necessary for operating as an authorized instructor and passing the Fundamentals of Instructing (FOI) FAA Knowledge Exam. Subjects covered include risk management and single-pilot resource management, human behavior, the learning process, effective communication, the teaching process, assessments, planning instructional activity, instructor responsibilities and professionalism, and techniques of flight instruction. Appendices include a comprehensive bibliography of references, information on how to develop a test item bank, certificates and ratings endorsements, and a personal minimums checklist. This new edition expands and updates the existing material, including scenario-based training relative to assessments, the submission process of an Airman Certificate and/or Rating application through IACRA, and endorsements. It also incorporates new areas of safety concerns and technical information not previously covered, such as referencing the Airman Certification Standards (ACS) alongside the Practical Test Standards (PTS), teaching practical risk management during flight instruction, and information for Remote Pilots. This book is the official FAA source for teaching flight and many test questions for the FAA Knowledge Exams for instructors come from this reference. Complete with chapter summaries; detailed, full-color drawings and photographs throughout; and a glossary and index.

Genres: Aviation

240 pages, Paperback

First published December 28, 1988

Reviews

[Scott Murray · Rating 4 out of 5]

Everything you need to know to pass the FAA's Fundamentals of Instruction test. There's a lot to get your head around if this is your first introduction to teaching, but it's reasonably well-presented and discussed. Definitely not the last word on instructing aviation, but also definitely a good introduction.

[Austin Hill · Rating 3 out of 5]

While the content is pretty dry, it tells you all you need to know for the FOI. It doesn’t really go into any of the needed information about flight training or aircraft systems. It really is like the in-depth training for FOI written but almost nothing for the FIA. For that, check out the Flight Instructor’s Manual by Kershner.

[Mike · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read it, listen to an audio book, read parts of it again, listen to the audio again, listen to seasoned instructors advice on podcasts or around the airport. Be patient with new students. Figure out their learning style and teach to that.

[Andris · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this to study for my Fundamentals of Instructing FAA Knowledge Exam. There's lots of great information on teaching/psychology that was all new to me (as someone not in a teaching profession). The shortcomings of this tome is that there's so much information, that it's very dense and at times, dry. There's a lot of material covered. The challenge is remembering it all, since initially it's all rote memorization.

[Josh tully · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is very informative for someone like me who is looking into a career in the aviation class. Although it is very dry and not exciting in the least I would still recommend this to someone who is exited about learning how to fly. at first it was very confusing but if you stick with it and realy want to learn how to fly that it slowly becomes easyer to read.

[Tasshin Fogleman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read most of this in the 1999 edition, but the latest version (that is freely available) is the 2008 version. Would be worth a re-read!