CFI done and dusted.

[IrishFlyer]

Hi Guys,


Just wanted to let you know I passed my CFI initial yesterday. I did the oral last Thursday over at the SAT FSDO, then got a message that the aircraft we would be using had gone tech. So I got a letter of discontinuance and rescheduled for yesterday. I waited most of the day for clouds and CBs to clear then took the test. Straight forward oral, four hours no curve balls and likewise for the flight - 1.9 hours.


Thanks for all your help and information posted by you other CFIs about your check rides on these boards.


Off to get a job....

IF

 

[acaTerry]

Good job!

 

[FlyinTim]

can you go in depth what the oral was aboutt?

 

[IrishFlyer]

Okay.

We basically hit on most topics in the PTS, some in more detail than others.

Ground: Four Hours​

FOIs:

Human behaviors and effective communication

Critique and Evaluation

Flight Instructor Characteristics and responsibilities

Planning Instructional Activity


Technical Subject Areas:

Aero medical factors - Scenario based questions. Carbon monoxide poisoning

Visual scanning and collision avoidance - Went into more detail during the flight

Principles of flight - Very thorough. Know in detail. Especially the left turning tendencies and ways to counteract them.

Weight and Balance - A quick overview of why, how, different ways of doing it and definitions.

Navigation and flight planning - Opened up the sectional and asked questions about airspace, VFR cloud clearance and visibility requirements, a lot of what if questions and how would you plan A to B.

Logbook entries and certificates endorsements - Very thorough with this. Many scenario based questions. When do you need a high altitude endorsement, can I train a candidate for ATP.

Certificates and Documents - Who can issue a student pilot certificate and medical. How long are all three medicals valid for. Can you give flight training to an amputee. What training you need to give to a Private and Commercial candidate. Can you give training for an instrument rating if no CFII.

Operation of Systems (PA28R-200) - Gear, Prop, fuel injection, engine, Pitot static, vacuum, instruments.

Performance and Limitations - Tied in with weight and balance. Air density and its effects. Airplane limitations.

Airworthiness Requirements: Done during the preflight. Documents needed. Instruments required.


Preflight:

Asked what nearly every vent and aerial was for.

Location of battery. What sort of battery.

Asked what something was inside the engine. At first I though it was the magnetos casing but I figured it out to be the oil pump for the prop.

Gear - Switches

Alternator drive belt questions.

Continued with regular preflight.

Flight: 2 Hours​

Airborne:

Normal takeoff

Steep Turns - I did one then he did one and I critiqued.

Stalls - Power on, Power off

Chandelles - I did one then he did one and I critiqued.

Lazy eights

Emergency approach and landing - Cut the power and said we have a failed engine.

Eight on pylons

Uncontrolled airfield procedures

Soft field landing

Soft field takeoff

Short field landing

Short field takeoff

180 Power off approach and landing

Touch and go

Retuned to SAT

He flew and told me to put on the hood. Then he transfered control and he gave me vectors and decent instructions right until short final when he advised me I could look up.

He focused a lot on the transfer of controls.

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Altogether a very fair and through test. The flight portion was not as long as I thought it would be.

Regards,

IF

 

[cforst513]

congratulations!! hopefully within the next 1.5-2 years, i will be passing the same test!

 

[FracCapt]

Just wanted to let you know I passed my CFI initial yesterday.

Congrats, dude! A word of advice to ALL the CFI's out there....don't EVER let your CFI expire. It's VERY easy to renew it even after you quit instructing - just a 16 hour refresher course(less if you do it via the online renewals) once every two years. I had mine renewed a couple times based on the number of checkrides I had sent students for, but then I've done it four more times via the refresher courses. I know quite a few guys that let their CFI expire, and really regret it.

 

[avbug]

I've reinstated mine twice after letting it expire...not a big deal, but it's a whole lot easier just to renew before hand and be done with it.

 

[FracCapt]

I've reinstated mine twice after letting it expire...not a big deal, but it's a whole lot easier just to renew before hand and be done with it.

Re-instating requires a checkride, doesn't it? Renewing requires as little as a CFI refresher course...or you could do a checkride, if so desired.

 

[FlyinTim]

Thanks man!...I'm goin in 3 weeks for mine.... ::crosses fingers::

 

[IrishFlyer]

Thanks man!...I'm goin in 3 weeks for mine.... ::crosses fingers::

Your welcome.

IF