Recent content by Caro1

It does occur to me that one reason for the high fail rate on the CFI ride is that it usually isn't taught well, or there's some disconnect between what the FAA wants to see and the available training material. I don't intend to fail the first time.

I didn't phrase that very well. What I meant was, I am studying the CFI PTS, but don't I need to study the Private and Commercial PTS too? Couldn't I be asked material from those as well?

Oh yes, I've got the PTS. And the one for PPL, and the one for Commercial. I thought you knew something I didn't! But couldn't I be asked something off of the other PTS books also? It's a lot to sort through.

So....how do I know which maneuvers will be on the checkride?

Ah yes, sadly it was almost 20 years ago and I'm having to re-teach myself a lot of stuff I haven't practiced since then. Unfortunately I was not an IP. The difference between civilian CFIs and miltary CFIs are accountability and structure. Military CFIs use a pretty rigid syllabus and expect...

I fly very well in the right seat. I'm already soloing in the right seat and practicing the maneuvers on my own. And I've tried multiple times to communicate with the instructor but I can't seem to get the response I want. Everything I'm reading in the FOI says he's doing it wrong. Even the...

Hi there, new poster here, looking for advice. About a month I started training to be a CFI with an instructor. I used the same instructor before, to prepare for my Multiengine checkride. Since I passed the ride and we get along great, I asked him to be my CFI instructor as well, after I'd taken...