A professional who instructs student pilots in flight procedures and techniques. Responsibilities include:

• Accompanies students on training flights and demonstrates techniques for controlling aircraft during taxiing, takeoff, spins, stalls, turns, and landings.
• Explains operation of aircraft components, such as rudder, flaps, ailerons, compass, altimeter, and tachometer.
• May give student proficiency tests at termination of training.
• Is required to hold Commercial Pilot's Certificate, with Instructor's Rating, issued by Federal Aviation Administration.