Minn. Wing Member Receives Master Flight Instructor Accreditation
"Lt. Col. David Yost of Minnesota Wing, Civil Air Patrol has earned the NAFI Master Flight Instructor accreditation. This is Lt. Col. Yost’s fourth time achieving this award since 2017. Lt. Col. Yost is an active flight instructor and Stan/Eval Officer with St. Croix Composite Squadron and Minnesota Wing, an FAA FAASTeam member, and teaches ground school seminars throughout the year.
The National Association of Flight Instructors (NAFI) program confers a national accreditation to aviation educators based on a system of advanced professional standards and peer review. It identifies the practitioners of aviation education who have reached the highest level of instructional activity, educational experience, and professional service to the flight-training community—the true masters of aviation instruction—and it publicly recognizes these “teachers of flight” to provide a professional standard to which all aviation educators can aspire.
The accreditation process focus primarily on the individual’s instructional and pilot evaluation activities, as well as his or her experience and continuing education—the foundations of what an instructor is able to pass along to his or her students. They emphasize active instruction and pilot evaluation, not simply taking courses or the tenure of an individual’s instructor certificate. They are not honorary awards that recognize long-time service; rather, they are recognition for the individual who continues to practice aviation education at the highest level.
Accreditation requires a rigorous process of on-going professional activity. Like a flight instructor certificate, NAFI Master Instructor accreditation's must be renewed every 24 months to assure a dedication to continuous professional development.
Please join me in congratulating Lt. Col. Yost for achieving this major milestone in flight instruction, for the fourth time! We are fortunate to have such a motivated and talented instructor as part of our wing."
(Via Capt. Greg Bestul, Minnesota Wing Standardization and Evaluation Officer)
