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So busy on ground study, 3 weeks have lapsed since my last precision and non-precision approaches. I feel SO RUSTY. This common? Going back up Sat. with a safety pilot to get back in swing of things.

Have pre-solo student that frequently gets airsick and we have to curtail the flight. Done all the usual IMSAFE checks. Also, it doesn't matter what he eats, or whether he eats, before flight: He'll still get airsick. It's to the point that I am concerned about solo'ing him because he might...

For instructors, have you found any better ways to simulate partial panels other than the way Garmin recommends? Of course, in the old steam gauges, if the Turn Coordinator fails, we simply can refer to the Attitude Indicator and do our standard rate turn by calculating bank angle based on...

At the risk of getting skewered (I usually do when I share my personal feelings), I am completely fried from working on my Double I. I have completed all the lessons in the syllabus. I have met most of the PTS; however, there are a few areas I feel I need some work, and I don't mind working on...

Been in training for the Double I for what seems like an eternity. Have completed all the lessons in the syllabus (there aren't that many), and appear to have met all PTS requirements. However, some knowledge areas always could use a little extra polish up. And, that's what I've been doing for...

The AIM, Chapter 1, addresses equipment substitutions for IFR flight. For example, it offers guidance on when GPS can substitute for DME. Or, when GPS can be used in lieu of an ADF, etc. However, is there a more comprehensive, and authoritative, source that addresses all the substitutions...

What are "Fix Minimums"? Example, on an ILS to Runway 30C at IWA, the "Fix Minimum" for Oriye is lower than the MDA on a Localizer-only approach. More than anything, looking for written documentation of what a "Fix Minimum" is. I can pretty much figure out what they are from looking at dozens...

Boo me out. I deserve it. In my first 500 hours of dual-given, I was so zealous and eager about teaching people how to fly, that I posted a lot of stupid comments on various boards -- as if I knew it all. I don't know it all. And, I'm just barely learning. I've survive multiple (no...

What do you do with a guy who hasn't flown in 25 years and now wants a biennnial flight review? CFIs, what's your syllabus for this student?

Sorry for that subject line. It fails to encompass all that is listed below: 1. I should be more active on the PoA board. It's much better than the AOPA Forums. I promise to be more active here, as well, in my own personal mission to lend public service as a CFI to the general-aviation...

We see lots of posts about students who are finally taking their checkrides. Well, here's one from the opposite side of the fence: I just signed off a student for his final prog check, leading to his FAA checkride. I, myself, feel like that same student. Excited. A few jitters, but confident...

I've been flying Arrows all last summer and fall, continuing into this spring, and now have an opportunity to transition to a Bonanza S35. Other than the ruddervator and the Dutch Roll tendencies, what other considerations are noteworthy when making this transition? Things to watch out for?

Hey, Woody passed his Private Pilot checkride this afternoon. He posted over on the Red Board and forgot about all of us over here. So, send him a huge congrats! He took almost as long as I did to get to the checkride. :D

In my first 30 days of flight instructing, I've run into two 15-year-olds who are anxious to begin flight training. OK. No problem. Get em started. They can solo on their 16th birthday, or thereafter, according to the regs. Now, I will risk putting my foot in mouth here because I am...

Today, I start training a new candidate for the "ancient and eternal order" (as Dr. Bruce calls it). We'll start with lesson No. 1, and in two or three months (maybe four), hopefully he'll be a newly minted Private Pilot. Since getting my CFI Initial last February, this is what I have been...

Hypothetical scenario: Pilot shows up on your doorstep and hasn't flown in about seven years. He's studied hard. After 2 hours on the ground, you determine he knows all the current regs and airspace. So, you go fly. He knows his stalls. He can maneuver the plane safely. But, he just is...

As a brand-new CFI, I have to conduct my first flight review of a private pilot later this morning. He hasn't flown in a while, so it will be interesting and fun to help him come back up to speed. The heaviest thing weighing on me, as a CFI, is to make sure he is safe to carry friends, loved...

Well, this post is probably coming from the newest CFI in America. I just passed my checkride this afternoon! I R an official flight instructor as of this writing. Now taking students!

If the posts over in the "red forum" are any indication, this topic seems to cause a total division of opinions. I'm not interested in causing a riot with this thread; rather, to clarify what many POH's mean when their landing checklist merely says "FLAPS" but does not specify how much flaps...

Well, here I go again, cross-posting between this forum and the "red" one. Personally, this place is much friendlier! I'm trying to collect some data, no matter how statistically flawed, on how many passed the CFI Initial checkride the first time. The reason is that we hear a lot of rumor...