Sutter County (O52) has been a great home for us; and we have built many great memories there. During our 2 years tenancy here, we worked with over 100 CFI applicants. Most these applicants came from all...
Stress and aviation do not match. I have always reminded my students to leave their personal lives outside once they are ready to step into the cockpit. If, for some reason, this is not a possibility,...
A few days ago I came across a Facebook post by a good friend of mine, who is also a great flight instructor with instrument rating airplane privileges. He is a very active CFII, and teaches a whole bunch...
FAA Knowledge Test Codes – what are these? Whenever we go take any FAA knowledge test, whether it is the FOI, FIA tests for the CFI initial, or the FII test for CFII, or instrument rating airplane test...
The day of your checkride can be one of the most stressful days of your life. The greatest fear of any pilot is receiving a “notice of disapproval.” As a flight instructor, I have prepared and signed off...
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...
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...
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...
Can You Get a CFII as Your Initial Flight Instructor Certificate?
Yes. You can obtain a Flight Instructor Instrument-Airplane (CFII) as your initial flight instructor certificate.
That said, most applicants...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Although commonly called ‘CFI renewal,’ the FAA does not renew CFI certificates. Instead, instructors must meet recent experience requirements under 14 CFR §61.197 to continue exercising flight instructor...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
