LEX CROSETT and GORDON LANDALE Present: Teaching The Type-A Overachiever

This presentation will be given by two NAFI Master Flight Instructors who provide primary training in Cirrus aircraft to an interesting and challenging group of learners – Type A business owners, CEOs, and general overachievers. We will highlight the inherent teaching challenges of this type of instruction, along with workarounds and coping mechanisms that we have found to be successful.

We’ll also share some humorous anecdotes that have occurred while working with this interesting clientele in both owned and rented aircraft.

CIRRUS AIRCRAFT - For over twenty years our team has delivered an aviation experience that is the pinnacle of innovation, quality and safety to our customers. And we’re just getting started.

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MIKE GOULIAN AVIATION - Mike Goulian Aviation is a company with a dedicated team that embodies the Cirrus life and who embrace a structured approach to training new and experienced pilots. The Cirrus is an exceptional platform for learning how to fly.

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LEX CROSETT - Cirrus Standardized Instructor Pilot, Mike Goulian Aviation

Lex has been flight instructing since the age of 18 and enjoys working with pilots at every learning stage. Lex is an FAA Gold Seal Flight Instructor and has been recognized by the National Association of Flight Instructors as a Master Flight and Master Ground Instructor. He holds Airline Transport Pilot and Flight Instructor certificates in both airplanes and helicopters.

In addition to flight instructing to pay for his college education, Lex flew for air ambulance, freight, and charter organizations, and for a commuter airline in New England. Lex is an FAA Safety Team volunteer representative and is active as an Angel Flight and Patient Airlift Services command pilot.

Lex is a Cirrus Standardized Instructor Pilot and teaches in Cirrus SR aircraft at Mike Goulian Aviation, a Cirrus Platinum Training Center in MA.

GORDON LANDALE - CFII/MEI, Cirrus Training Center Instructor at Mike Goulian Aviation

Gordon is a Massachusetts native, inspired to fly at an early age by his father and brothers. He left the area 30 years ago to join the Army. Upon retiring from 25 years of service in the Army’s Special Forces, he turned his love of flying and teaching into a professional flight instructor career. As a Master Flight Instructor, Gordon has more than 2,000 hours of flight time and 1,200 of instruction given. The only thing he enjoys more than flying is being able to share it with others, helping people reach their goals, building safe, competent, and confident pilots while having fun in the process. Passionate about safety and continuing education, Gordon is also a FAA Safety Team (FAAST) volunteer representative.

He recently moved back to the northeast and joined the MGAV team in June 2022. When he’s not instructing, he enjoys traveling New England with his wife and three young daughters.

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