Definition
In flight instruction, the process of identifying a learner's specific weakness or deficiency and providing targeted additional instruction, practice, or review to bring their knowledge or skill up to the required standard.
Plain English
Going back over something a student didn't get right the first time and reteaching it until they can do it properly.
Context Anchor
Seen in flight instructor training when discussing how an instructor responds after a learner makes repeated errors or shows a gap in understanding.
Derivation
From the Latin remediare, meaning 'to heal' or 'to cure,' built from re- ('again') and mederi ('to heal'). The aviation use keeps that flavor: a problem area is identified and treated until it's no longer a weakness.
Why Pilots Care
Instructors are responsible for noticing where a learner is falling short and fixing it before that weakness shows up on a checkride or, worse, in real flying. Skipping remediation tends to leave gaps that compound later.
Intuition Check
Remediation does not mean punishment or simply doing more work. It means targeted correction of the actual problem that is blocking progress.
Example Sentence 1
After the stage check, the instructor scheduled a remediation flight focused on crosswind landings.
Example Sentence 2
Proper remediation of slow airspeed recognition helped the student avoid future stalls during pattern work.