PPGS Lesson 2.2 | Aeronautical Decision Making: The PFD & MFD

Welcome to Epic Flight Academy’s Private Pilot Ground School! In this lesson, Certified Flight Instructor Mike Thompson continues Aeronautical Decision Making by exploring how pilots use the Primary Flight Display (PFD) and Multi-Function Display (MFD) inside a modern glass cockpit. You’ll learn where a pilot’s focus should be during flight, how to interpret key instruments, and how technology supports safer decision making in the sky. 📘 Chapters 0:00 – Welcome Back with Instructor Mike Thompson 0:52 – Understanding PFD and MFD in Modern Aircraft 1:20 – Primary Flight Display (PFD) Functions 1:39 – Multi-Function Display (MFD) Overview 2:09 – Things to Watch For in a Glass Cockpit 2:40 – Passenger in Command (PIC) Concept 3:33 – Review of Aeronautical Decision Making 🎓 Start Your Pilot Training Journey: https://epicflightacademy.com/prequal... Learn more about Epic Flight Academy’s Private Pilot Ground School Course: https://epicflightacademy.com/private... More on this topic here: https://epicflightacademy.com/aeronau... This course is taught by Epic Flight Academy's own Mike Thompson! To begin YOUR pilot training, visit our website: https://epicflightacademy.com/pilot-t... Mike Thompson is the author of "Telling Is Not Teaching", which promotes the idea that the “new school” of teaching that embraces electronic technology cannot sacrifice the “old school” of human relationships because the human brain stills learns in largely the same way that it has for millennia. "Telling Is Not Teaching": https://www.amazon.com/Telling-Not-Te... Enjoying our content? Like this video and SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel so we can continue to produce more Epic content! Follow us on social media to stay up to date on EVERYTHING happening at Epic Flight Academy! Facebook:   / epicflightacademy   Twitter:   / epicfltacademy   Instagram:   / epicflightacademy   LinkedIn:   / epic-flight-academy   Website: https://epicflightacademy.com/