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How do I become a CFI
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Doogie said:
I'm currently trying to schedule my CFI ride. My experience thus far, you need to be able to:
1-Memorize acronyms
2-Memorize regs
3-Memorize acronyms
4-Know aerodynamics like the back of your hand
5-Memorize acronyms
The FOI (Fundamentals of Instructing) I'm finding is the most he!!. Others will probably tell you that they've gotten hung up somewhere else along the lines.
It just takes time, energy, and plenty of dedication.
Oh yeah, and a few acronyms and some cash.
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As long as you hold a Commercial certificate with an Instrument rating and whatever airplane ratings appropriate to the CFI certficate you want, you just need to take and pass the FOI and appropriate instructor writtens (there is no written for MEI), find a training provider, be trained, take and pass the practical(s), and you'll be set.Doogie said:
Hope that helps. Good luck with your training.
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The CFI ride should be no more or less difficult than the other rides. At this point in the game you should have the required knowledge, flying ability, skill, experience, etc, that is required and expected. There should be no surprises and no luck should be needed. If you are prepared then all should go well and you should have no problems. CFI ride, 135 captain ride, ioe, etc, blah, blah, blah, it does not matter. If you study, put the the required time in, then you will do fine and the desired outcome will be achieved.
The added variable on this ride is that the faa inspector is going to be looking for is your ability to teach safely and effectively in a controlled environment. Know how to convey safe practices while being able to teach any manuever that may be asked to be performed on the ride and the rest should be relatively easy and uneventful.
I did my ride with the OKC fsdo and had a rather pleasant experience and thought nothing of it. Don't sweat it or spend too much time worrying about it.
I would suggest spending time getting ready for the oral, that seems to be the part where many have problems and it is the longest portion of the checkride.
good luck
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The added variable on this ride is that the faa inspector is going to be looking for is your ability to teach safely and effectively in a controlled environment. Know how to convey safe practices while being able to teach any manuever that may be asked to be performed on the ride and the rest should be relatively easy and uneventful.
I did my ride with the OKC fsdo and had a rather pleasant experience and thought nothing of it. Don't sweat it or spend too much time worrying about it.
I would suggest spending time getting ready for the oral, that seems to be the part where many have problems and it is the longest portion of the checkride.
good luck
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CFI training costs
You probably can find an instructor and airplane at your local FBO who could work with you. CFI preparation, done properly, entails much more than learning to fly the airplane from the right seat. You need an instructor who is willing to put in the ground time to train you. Do not expect him/her not to charge you for ground time.
You can go to a school such as Sheble. You'll get the rating; whether it will give you sufficient training to do the job might be debatable.
Several people have recommended Airman Flight School in Norman, Oklahoma. I'm familiar with the place. Westheimer Airport is a nice field, and Oklahoma is great training environment. The place has been around for years and has trained a lot of pilots.
Any one of the major commercial Part 141 flight schools, such as FlightSafety will work with you for your CFI. I trained flight instructors at FSI. I can tell you that you will be trained thoroughly to be a flight instructor at FSI. You will also pay for it, but, I feel, you will receive value for what you pay.
Finally, Vladimir oversimplifies the CFI practical. There is much more to it than what he describes. You really must have in-depth knowledge of the material. The FOI may seem like common sense, but you still have to exhibit knowledge of it to pass your practical, and, more importantly, to do your job.
Hope that helps some more. Good luck with your choice of training provider.
You can spend as little as you want or as much as you want.Doogie said:
You probably can find an instructor and airplane at your local FBO who could work with you. CFI preparation, done properly, entails much more than learning to fly the airplane from the right seat. You need an instructor who is willing to put in the ground time to train you. Do not expect him/her not to charge you for ground time.
You can go to a school such as Sheble. You'll get the rating; whether it will give you sufficient training to do the job might be debatable.
Several people have recommended Airman Flight School in Norman, Oklahoma. I'm familiar with the place. Westheimer Airport is a nice field, and Oklahoma is great training environment. The place has been around for years and has trained a lot of pilots.
Any one of the major commercial Part 141 flight schools, such as FlightSafety will work with you for your CFI. I trained flight instructors at FSI. I can tell you that you will be trained thoroughly to be a flight instructor at FSI. You will also pay for it, but, I feel, you will receive value for what you pay.
Finally, Vladimir oversimplifies the CFI practical. There is much more to it than what he describes. You really must have in-depth knowledge of the material. The FOI may seem like common sense, but you still have to exhibit knowledge of it to pass your practical, and, more importantly, to do your job.
Hope that helps some more. Good luck with your choice of training provider.
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DOn't worry doogie. your luck will change around pretty soon. getting your cfi will open up more opportunities and job poospects. you will need at your commercial and flight instruction towards your cfi. it is very difficult! good luck. if you still can't get a job after that i went through training at tab airline, i'm a be1900 first officer.
just my 2 cents
just my 2 cents
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TAB Express "First Officer"
"Mav," or "TABExpress F/O," whoever he may really be, professes great knowledge of professional aviation. He forgets to say, however, that he paid for his training to be a TAB Express "Airline" "First Officer." Just the same, if I were you, Doogie, I would disregard every piece of advice the more experienced of us have offered you and take every piece of advice that "Mav," aka "TABExpress F/O," gives you.
Hey, "Mav," how are your "job" "poospects?"TopGun-MAV said:
"Mav," or "TABExpress F/O," whoever he may really be, professes great knowledge of professional aviation. He forgets to say, however, that he paid for his training to be a TAB Express "Airline" "First Officer." Just the same, if I were you, Doogie, I would disregard every piece of advice the more experienced of us have offered you and take every piece of advice that "Mav," aka "TABExpress F/O," gives you.
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TopGun-Mav aka TABExpress F/O
We do have pro-P-F-T posters who at least try to set forth maturely their points of view. While I do not agree with them at all, I appreciate their comments. Compare them with this child and his hit-and-run flamebait. Mr. Moderator shotgunned TABExpress F/O not long after he showed up. If you compare "Mav's" posts with "TABExpress F/O," you'll see they're virtually the same, even down to their references to job "poospects" and "jeavy" iron, not to mention his complete and utter lack of knowledge of what he's talking about. That's why there's no doubt the two are one and the same (bored 13-year-old middle-schooler or rich-kid P-F-Ter).
I'll do the buying if you do the flying.350DRIVER said:Next time I am in the Denver area the champagne or whatever your preference may be is on me.
We do have pro-P-F-T posters who at least try to set forth maturely their points of view. While I do not agree with them at all, I appreciate their comments. Compare them with this child and his hit-and-run flamebait. Mr. Moderator shotgunned TABExpress F/O not long after he showed up. If you compare "Mav's" posts with "TABExpress F/O," you'll see they're virtually the same, even down to their references to job "poospects" and "jeavy" iron, not to mention his complete and utter lack of knowledge of what he's talking about. That's why there's no doubt the two are one and the same (bored 13-year-old middle-schooler or rich-kid P-F-Ter).
We're on to you, "Mav," "TAB Express F/O," or whoever you are.
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PFT guys are killing me
Bobby,
I'm down in CO Springs, CFI'ing on the side (freelance). Send me a PM with your email....next time I'm in denver I'll give you a shout.
These PFT guys are killing me with their wealth of knowledge acting as a switch monkey on a 1900. I'm just a CFI/II and have much knowledge to learn about aviation.
As far as the CFI question posed above...wholeheardly agree that the ground work is the most importand (the flying portion was cake...the hard part during training is to explain what, why and how the plane is affected while performing any/all manuevers).
Just remember the good CFIs you had and try and emulate their teaching techniques......remember the bad CFIs you had and learn what not to do (take both sides of the experience and turn yourself into one sh!thot CFI).
Bobby,
I'm down in CO Springs, CFI'ing on the side (freelance). Send me a PM with your email....next time I'm in denver I'll give you a shout.
These PFT guys are killing me with their wealth of knowledge acting as a switch monkey on a 1900. I'm just a CFI/II and have much knowledge to learn about aviation.
As far as the CFI question posed above...wholeheardly agree that the ground work is the most importand (the flying portion was cake...the hard part during training is to explain what, why and how the plane is affected while performing any/all manuevers).
Just remember the good CFIs you had and try and emulate their teaching techniques......remember the bad CFIs you had and learn what not to do (take both sides of the experience and turn yourself into one sh!thot CFI).
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