Professional Flight Instructor Evaluation Form

Whether you're running a Part 61 flight school, Part 141 academy, or independent aviation training operation, gathering structured feedback from student pilots is essential for maintaining high instructional standards and ensuring FAA compliance. This Flight Instructor Evaluation Form template gives aviation schools and training organisations a professional, comprehensive tool to assess instructor performance across all critical dimensions of flight training.

Why flight schools and aviation academies need structured instructor evaluations

Flight training requires more than technical skill—it demands clear communication, safety consciousness, and the ability to prepare students for both practical checkrides and written FAA exams. Regular instructor evaluations help you identify training gaps, recognise top performers, maintain safety standards, and ensure every CFI, CFII, and MEI on your team is delivering the quality instruction your students deserve.

This template covers safety briefing thoroughness, in-flight instruction clarity, emergency procedure training, ground school effectiveness, and FAA certification exam preparation—giving you actionable insights into every aspect of the training experience.

How Paperform makes instructor evaluation simple and effective

With Paperform's intuitive doc-style editor, you can customise this flight instructor evaluation form to match your school's specific training programmes, aircraft types, and certification tracks. Add conditional logic to show different questions for instrument students versus private pilot students, embed the form directly on your school's website, or send it via email after each training milestone.

Responses are automatically organised in a clear dashboard where you can spot trends, generate reports for management reviews, and share feedback with instructors in a constructive way. Plus, with AI Insights, you can quickly summarise large volumes of student feedback into clear themes and actionable recommendations.

For schools managing multiple instructors and training locations, Stepper (stepper.io) can automate follow-up workflows—triggering performance review meetings when scores drop below a threshold, routing exceptional feedback to your chief flight instructor, or updating your instructor database with the latest evaluation scores.

Built for aviation professionals who value safety and excellence

This template is designed for flight schools, aviation academies, university aviation programmes, and independent flight instructors who take training quality seriously. It's fully customisable, mobile-friendly, and ready to use—no coding required.

Paperform is trusted by over 500,000 teams worldwide and is SOC 2 Type II & GDPR compliant, making it a professional solution for aviation organisations that need secure, reliable forms without the complexity of traditional survey tools.