n12365
Pre-takeoff checklist
I am looking at working on my CFI and am confused about how some flight schools are able to do the CFI in a non-complex airplane. I am not going to use ATP flight schools, but there program is a good example of what I am talking about. They have you do the initial instructor rating in a multi-engine airplane, and then add on instrument instructor and single engine instructor ratings. I understand the rational for doing it in that order, but what I don’t understand is how they can do the single-engine add-on in a C172.
When I look at the additional rating task table in the flight instructor PTS, it looks like single-engine CFI applicants who already have a multi-engine CFI, need to perform areas 7, 9, 11, & 13. Area 7 is takeoffs, landings, and go-arounds. The PTS also requires a complex airplane for all of the takeoffs, landings, and emergency procedures. This would indicate to me that a complex airplane needs to be used for a single-engine add-on, but ATP doesn’t have any complex singles, just C172s.
Can someone help me understand how they are able to do this?
Ryan
When I look at the additional rating task table in the flight instructor PTS, it looks like single-engine CFI applicants who already have a multi-engine CFI, need to perform areas 7, 9, 11, & 13. Area 7 is takeoffs, landings, and go-arounds. The PTS also requires a complex airplane for all of the takeoffs, landings, and emergency procedures. This would indicate to me that a complex airplane needs to be used for a single-engine add-on, but ATP doesn’t have any complex singles, just C172s.
Can someone help me understand how they are able to do this?
Ryan