Additional Event Information & Acknowledgement of Industry Sponsor(s):
Flight training is expensive. Maximizing learning from every flight is essential. Yet, students often retain only a fraction of what they experience in the cockpit—an environment filled with distractions and high workload. Traditional post-flight debriefs can miss key learning moments, especially when time is limited. Furthermore, while immediate debriefs do provide primacy, a student debriefing at a time of their choosing well after a flight enhances learning due to the laws of Readiness, Exercise, and Recency.
NAVI AI is a ground-based debriefing system designed to solve this problem. It records cockpit intercom audio and flight data, then uses a large language model—trained on FAA publications and hundreds of prior flights—to analyze and summarize performance. The system highlights specific learning moments, explains what happened, and identifies areas for improvement.
At Sling Pilot Academy, we have been pioneering NAVI AI with hundreds of training flights. Students consistently report that reviewing their flights at home with detailed, AI-generated debriefs—often covering 30 to 40 learning points—helps solidify their understanding far beyond what’s possible in a standard post-flight CFI debrief.
Presenters:
Nikola Kostic Navi AI Founder and Avid Pilot:
Nikola Kostic is Founder of Navi AI and an Avid Pilot. Through his own aviation training, he sensed a gap in training and developed a platform to reinforce and accelerate training.
https://www.flynavi.com/
Paul Storaasli:Sling Pilot Academy
Paul Storaasli is Chief Flight Instructor for Sling Pilot Academy. He has decades of experience in general aviation training. Sling Pilot Academy has 4 locations in Southern California, 70 aircraft and flew over 54,000 hours in 2024. Graduates from the Academy have gone on to successful careers in Part 121 operations, Part 135 and 91(k), aviation instruction as well as career FAA employees.
https://www.slingpilotacademy.com
