There are a number of such courses available for purchase and they all meet the FAA requirements but I have used the King Schools course in the past and found it attractive because of the simplicity of the process…. The King Schools will take care of all the “paperwork” with FAA and I don’t have to do anything further to receive the actual new certificate in the mail …(as opposed to some other courses which require me to submit my proof-of-recurrent-training to FAA…or submit additional fees.)
Anyway..this is not a “plug” for King Schools…it’s only an explanation for the reason I’m making this post…
I actually don’t have much affinity for the King Schools presentation…it has a bit of what I call a “circus-barker” presentation… And I’m frankly surprised the Kings have survived some of the escapades to which they admit in their personal aviation careers. But it’s also courageous of them to use their own errors to illustrate what is a sincere effort on their part to teach. I applaud their courage and appreciate their product.
I’m making this particular post because there exists an excellent example of how they evaluate teaching technique and adapt their presentation to relate it to how a large bureaucratic agency might. Here’s how the King Schools offers an alternative viewpoint of a particular definition. (Good job!)
The Topic is “Loss of Control”:
“You should know the FAA definition for loss of control. It is formal and complicated. It goes as follows: “Loss of control refers to aircraft accidents that result from situations in which a pilot should have maintained (or should have regained) aircraft control but failed to do so.”
For teaching purposes you may find our simpler definition provided below more useful. It may be easier for your clients to remember and use.
There are many characteristics of a good definition depending on its purpose, but for teaching purposes you may find definitions that are straight to the point, simple, and memorable to be more effective. The FAA definition also suffers from circularity in that part of the term being defined is included in its own definition.
Loss of control has occurred anytime the aircraft does something you don’t want it to do. “
(This ^^^ last sentence is King Schools’ definition of LOC.)
Good job!
(Unfortunately, during the “pre-lesson-assessement-quiz” leading into the lesson (a True/False Quiz)…. When I selected “T” as my answer for THEIR definition of “Loss of Control”…. my answer was graded “Incorrect!”
I've used American Flyers as I bought into their FIRC for life deal. I am not looking for a learning experience and surely isn't. But as online computer training/recertification goes I couldn't imagine it could be less painless. Well, except maybe for the dream I didn't have to do it at all to maintain a CFI. 
