{"podcast":{"title":"The Student Pilot Cast","slug":"the-student-pilot-cast-533290","podcast_index_feed_id":533290,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/studentpilotcast/","website_url":"https://studentpilotcast.com/episodes/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/5a0c8421-ebf6-44e9-8177-07b953d5a724/SPC-2026-PodCover.jpg","author":"Bill Williams","episode_count":92,"summary":"This is a podcast for anyone interested in aviation. While it started as a podcast to follow Bill's primary training, it has evolved into a podcast about how all of us can continually improve our flying. This is the audio only feed. The audio podcasts are not necessarily the same content as the video podcasts, so if you want all the content, please check out both. The video feed is mostly available on Youtube, now (inlcuding the back catalog), and you can find it by searching for \"Student Pilot Cast\" there or use this link: https://www.youtube.com/@studentpilotcast.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-10T22:20:05.483762+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-student-pilot-cast-533290"},"episode":{"title":"SPC #65 – AFTA What?","slug":"spc-65-afta-what","published_at":"2022-09-21T05:58:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-student-pilot-cast-533290/spc-65-afta-what","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-student-pilot-cast-533290","url":"https://studentpilotcast.com/podcast/spc-65-afta-what","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/06531810-7320-45bc-8fa2-05ca2df6c6b7.mp3","summary":"Welcome back, SPC listeners. I’m super happy to bring you a chat with Dan Justman from the airplane Owners and Pilots Association, or AOPA, about their program designed to help part 61 students and instructors with their training. AOPA is trying to tackle what is likely part of the reason so many people quit pilot training before achieving their certificate by organizing the flight training process and making it more transparent and predictable, even in a part 61 setting. With their AOPA Flight Training Advantage program, or AFTA, they are hoping to make flight training more enjoyable for both the student and the CFI, and make the process a little bit easier, more predictable, and more streamlined…thus saving time, money, and hopefully helping a few additional people earn their certificate. I hope you enjoy this one. More information about AFTA can be found here: https://www.aopa.org/training-and-safety/flight-schools/aopa-flight-training-advantage (AOPA Flight Training Advantage – AOPA) There is a demo of the product that will be released shortly as a video episode, but also on our YouTube channel. Both links will be added below and on the website when published.","meta_description":"Welcome back, SPC listeners. I’m super happy to bring you a chat with Dan Justman from the airplane Owners and Pilots Association, or AOPA, about th…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1239,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-student-pilot-cast-533290/episodes/spc-65-afta-what/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-student-pilot-cast-533290/spc-65-afta-what.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}