Cfi-a Pts?

[Iceman21]

On page 1-xi of the CFI-A PTS is the Additional Rating Table.

I know some of the ratings but not all of them. So I need a little help here.

AME - Airplane Multi-Engine
RH -
RG -
G - Ground Instructor (guessing)
IA - Instrument Airplane
IH - Instrument Helicopter

What are the second 2?

Secondly, in Area II for IA it states that tasks C, D must be done. Looking at Area II the note states that the examiner shall select task L and one other.

Which one prevails? The table which would be tasks C & D or the note in Area II? Or is the notes only for inital CFI applicants?

Thanks

 

[Khirsah]

I would assume that's Rotary Helicopter and Rotary Gyroplane. That's just an assumption, though.

 

[tarp]

RH and RG are rotor ratings as stated above.

G is for Gliders - not ground.

C & D are expected of you - You have a CFII (Instrument Airplane) and your first examiner would have been required to evaluate that you know how to endorse (Task L). This checkride will test most of your ASEL knowledge.

As you continue - you are responsible for almost any task where an ASEL is noted after the task unless you already covered that in your prior test. For example if a task has (ASEL, ASES, IA, IH) after it and it was mandatory - well then you've already done that for the II-IA. But if the task was an option, then you can be tested all over again on it.

The good news - you can happily skip FOI oral stuff as an area of study. The bad news, if you don't apply the principals of FOI while instructing, you could still bust. Don't you just love flying!

The ASEL after the II-IA is pretty easy stuff. The examiner knows you have already proven yourself as an instructor. You just have to demonstrate that you can now teach Private and Commercial students to do their stuff. One thing I would say is "listen" to the DE when he/she asks the question. A lot of nervous candidates have a tendancy to "overteach" a subject. When aloft and the Examiner says - "I'm a primary student - teach me steep turns." So you do it. Then he turns and says - "OK, now I'm a commercial student, same thing, teach me steep turns". If you don't know there's a difference - you're in trouble.

Remember, a PTS is a "minimum" requirement that a candidate must meet to get a rating - the equivalent of a "D" in school. Hopefully, you are thinking of yourself more as an honor's student.

 

[Iceman21]

Hopefully, you are thinking of yourself more as an honor's student.

Exactly, I am putting together a plan of action and basically running through the PTS to see what is expected of me from the examiner. I am planning on doing more than is expected from the PTS. It is better to be prepared than standing on the ramp holding the checklist.

 

[Weasil]

Hey Iceman. Check with your chief pilot. He is the smartest pilot I ever met and knows everything.


Weasil

 

[Iceman21]

Hey weasil, blow a little more smoke up your rear end why don't you. Maybe it will stop the stench from coming over my way.

See ya soon.