Introduction to Scenario Based Training
What is Scenario Based Training? SBT is a training system. It uses a highly structured script of real world experiences to meet flight training objectives in an operational environment. System – concept...
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Runway Incursions Are Real
Whenever we think of Runway Incursions, the first picture that comes to our mind is 2 aircraft at the same place at the same time. But, this is far from truth! A Runway Incursion could involve 2 or more...
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CFI checkride now counts as flight review
After years of discussion, the FAA issued a new rule Sept. 16 allowing CFI practical exams to count as flight reviews. The rule reverses an earlier decision and has the potential to save flight instructors...
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CFII as an Initial Issue Flight Instructor Certificate
Many a times we are asked by prospective flight instructor applicants if we provide the training for flight instructor instrument (CFII) as an initial issue.  The answer to this is “Yes we do”. However,...
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ght Instruction Full Motion Simulator Airport and Runway Signs Flashcards
Here is a link to the flash cards a CFI can use to quiz your students about the airport signs and runway signs. Print these on a thicker paper, or card paper, fold them along the indicated lines, and keep...
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Best Practices for Mentoring in Flight Instruction
At its most basic level, mentoring is a process in which an individual with more experience or expertise provides encouragement, advice, and support to a less experienced colleague, with the goal of helping...
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So you want to be a CFI
So you want to be a CFI? So you want to be a CFI? I have always believed that the real learning begins when one starts teaching. Everybody has their own reasons as to why they want to be a CFI. There are...
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Instrument Proficiency Check – Guidance
The certificated flight instructor (CFI) performs one of the most vital and influential roles in aviation, because the aviation educator’s work matters not just for the individual pilot, but for every...
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Certificate, Ratings and Endorsements or a License
Here is a link to a great article written by Susan Parson in the May/June 2008 edition of FAA Aviation News. Susan did a great job explaining the difference between a Pilot’s License and a FAA Pilot Certificate....
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10 Ways to Renew your CFI
Here are 10 ways one can renew an unexpired CFI certificate with the FAA. For expired certificates this would not be a viable option.
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FAA pilot certificate to Canadian TCCA pilot license conversion
AC 61-135 describes the procedures and processes involved in converting the FAA pilot certificate to Canada TCCA pilot license and vice versa. Conversion does not mean that one has to surrender the current...
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How do I get a replacement Knowledge Test Result
Did you lose your knowledge test result? Lost CFI knowledge test result Well, you should have kept it in a safer place to begin with. Anyways, this is how you can get a replacement one from the FAA – Complete...
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Spin or No Spin for CFI initial Re-test
I have been meaning to write about this topic for a while now. Even though I think about Stall/Spin instructional proficiency each time I am teaching and signing off a new CFI initial applicant, but these...
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See and Avoid
This morning I met with the Sacramento FSDO’s FAA FAAST Team manager. He seemed really excited about the FAAST Team and it’s programs and agenda. And of course I was there to see him as I found myself...
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Multi Engine Checkrides – DPE not required type specific LOA
Until recently, we used to have this one problem that was a nightmare to deal with. A student would show up with his/her own multi engine airplane and would ask us to train in their airplane for the CFI,...
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AGI or IGI with No Flight Instructor Certificate
I come across aviation teachers, holders of AGI and/or IGI, every now and then who either do not have a flight instructor certificate (CFI and/or CFII) yet, or even some who do not even have their Private...
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Foreign Flight Instructor conversion to FAA CFI
Foreign Flight Instructor 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....
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Social Security Number and CFI Certificate Number
Your CFI certificate number is in fact your pilot certificate number ending with CFI. And no it does not end with a CFII or MEI, read my post about that as well. I got an email yesterday from a CFI, nicknamed...
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Cory Lidle’s Cirrus SR-22 crash into a Manhattan Skyscraper
Cory Lidle was a New York Yankees pitcher, a private pilot and an aircraft owner. His Cirrus SR-22 crashed into a Manhattan skyscraper in October 2006, and on board with him was an FAA Certified Flight...
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CFII and MEI Combination Course
Note: If you do not have 15 hours PIC required to qualify for an MEI checkride, you definitely should consider our CFII plus MEI combo course. Instead of renting a multi-engine airplane to meet the MEI...
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