Which items are included as contact hours in UND policy?

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Which items are included as contact hours in UND policy?

Contact hours are the times when a student is under direct supervision of an instructor across all training activities, not just time spent in the air. That supervision applies to both the classroom and the flight deck, as well as training devices, because the instructor is guiding and evaluating learning throughout. The best choice includes all the supervised activities: flight instruction, ground instruction, pre- and post-flight briefings, ground-trainer instruction, simulator instruction, and aircraft ferry flights. Each of these involves an instructor present to teach, coach, and assess the student, which is why they count as contact hours. The other options omit one or more of these supervised elements or treat certain activities (like night flight) as separate categories, which isn’t how UND defines contact hours.

Contact hours are the times when a student is under direct supervision of an instructor across all training activities, not just time spent in the air. That supervision applies to both the classroom and the flight deck, as well as training devices, because the instructor is guiding and evaluating learning throughout.

The best choice includes all the supervised activities: flight instruction, ground instruction, pre- and post-flight briefings, ground-trainer instruction, simulator instruction, and aircraft ferry flights. Each of these involves an instructor present to teach, coach, and assess the student, which is why they count as contact hours. The other options omit one or more of these supervised elements or treat certain activities (like night flight) as separate categories, which isn’t how UND defines contact hours.

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