Received an email this morning from someone who holds a Flight Instructor certificate (or license) in Netherlands, and also has instructor privileges in the military in his country. He wanted to know if there is a way for him to convert his Netherlands flight instructor license to a US FAA CFI certificate. The short answer [...]
The Accelerated CFI Training Course is a fast paced flight and ground training program where both the applicant and the assigned Flight Instructor dedicate their full time towards one common goal: preparing the CFI applicant to achieve the required aeronautical experience and knowledge levels prescribed within the FARs and the CFI Practical Test Standards (PTS), [...]
If you are working towards getting your Certified Flight Instructor (CFI) certificate, one of the requirements to be eligible is to have received and logged training time, in-flight, on stall / spin awareness, spin recognition, spin entry and spin recovery techniques. Refer 14 CFR 61.183(i). This training time has to be logged, and a logbook [...]
Disclaimer: I prepared this list based on what I have observed myself during the last 10+ years in the San Jose, Fresno, Oakland and Sacramento FSDOs. This is not an official FAA list, but simply my personal observation. If you have something to add to the list, feel free to comment below. Here is a [...]
When you are enrolled with CFI Academy for the CFI Training Course (CFI initial), and are working towards getting your FAA Flight Instructor (initial) Certificate, you will need at least the following items, for your training and for your FAA CFI Checkride: Practical Test Standards (PTS) Even though your CFI Checkride will be conducted in [...]
I hope you have already read my previous post Why should I get Ground Instructor Certificate along with CFI Certificate. If you have not, do so now, and then come back and read this post. Privileges of a Ground Instructor Certificate The certification of a Ground Instructor is governed by 14 CFR 61.215. There are [...]
