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...

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....

Here are 10 ways one can renew an unexpired CFI certificate with the FAA. For expired certificates this would not be a viable option.

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,...