Logging Landings as a CFI

[cfi on the fly]

CFI's dont make enough money to go rent airplanes even if its for half an hour. I would say that the employer should be willing to let the CFI fly free if they arn't current; I'm not paying for recurrent training in the CFI world. But gettting the landings in with students, even students who are well into their training, should not be a problem. My experience is that students like to see a landing done every now and then by the instructor. Lets them have something to judge their own landings against. If I got a student who cant stand to have me take a landing once in a while, that is probably not someone I want to be flying with anyway.

 

[TDK90]

LMAO at guys who log their students landings, get real.

 

[nosehair]

You are all wrong. Read the entire thing. It states that this applies for an aircraft requiring more than one pilot. So the short answer is yes, you log all the landings, and count them for currency. FAR 61.57.
I'm suprised that even CFI's get this wrong.

You're missing the *or* in that reg. Read it again and note the placement of the word *or*.

 

[j41driver]

CFI's dont make enough money to go rent airplanes even if its for half an hour. I would say that the employer should be willing to let the CFI fly free if they arn't current; I'm not paying for recurrent training in the CFI world. But gettting the landings in with students, even students who are well into their training, should not be a problem. My experience is that students like to see a landing done every now and then by the instructor. Lets them have something to judge their own landings against. If I got a student who cant stand to have me take a landing once in a while, that is probably not someone I want to be flying with anyway.

You know...you're probably right. A lot can be learned by watching. I guess I hadn't thought of it that way.

 

[acaTerry]

Official word from the local Flight Standards Office:

CFI's may log all landings, and count them for currency, that are performed when acting as PIC (i.e. student pilots not rated in aircraft).

 

[acaTerry]

...HOWEVER...upon reading it myself, IN ENGLISH I see that there is no written support to that. So it looks as though you guys are right to be careful on this one.

Of course the issue of whether "saves" by the CFI should count? Who knows....

 

[Ralgha]

Official word from the local Flight Standards Office:

CFI's may log all landings, and count them for currency, that are performed when acting as PIC (i.e. student pilots not rated in aircraft).

10 different FSDOs will give you 10 different answers, none of which are legally binding.

 

[Fly_Chick]

acaTerry - which FSDO is that?

 

[Flechas]

It's not like the interviewer is going to ask how many landings you really have...

 

[Flechas]

LMAO at guys who log their students landings, get real.

And how's that funny? Dork!

 

[Ralgha]

It's not like the interviewer is going to ask how many landings you really have...

Of course not, but the FAA might, and that's who you should really care about.

 

[midlifeflyer]

Official word from the local Flight Standards Office:

CFI's may log all landings, and count them for currency, that are performed when acting as PIC (i.e. student pilots not rated in aircraft).

Just remove the word "official" and you get "here's the word from one guy at the FSDO who happened to be on the phone that day, didn't bother to look it up, answered off the top of his head, doesn't know what he's talking about, and could care less."

 

[acaTerry]

Just remove the word "official" and you get "here's the word from one guy at the FSDO who happened to be on the phone that day, didn't bother to look it up, answered off the top of his head, doesn't know what he's talking about, and could care less."

BINGO!