Cjserio
Filing Flight Plan
So I started a previous thread about how to best network and get experience in aviation and came to the conclusion that earning my CFI certificate was one thing that I could do. I already have a career and I'm not looking for a new one but flying's my passion and I want to constantly get better at it and keep current so I've decided to pursue my CFI.
Some quick background on me...I got my Private in 1998, Instrument in 1999, Commercial in 2002, Multi in 2004 and then essentially fell off the planet aviation-wise as I finished college in Engineering, got married, bought a house and had two kids. I've spent the last month flying my butt off trying to get re-acclimated to the new aviation world (What's this GPS thing everyone's talking about!? )
I know the FAA has changed things around somewhat recently about becoming a CFI. For you long time CFIs as well as those that just got their certifications, what advice would you give me as I begin to start re-learing and studying it all? Would you just crack open the Jeppesen books like you were in ground school all over again? Would you prefer the FAA's publications like Airplane Flying Handbook and Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical knowledge? Other resources?
I'm not in any rush. I'm doing this to learn and get experience, not to find quick employment.
Thanks in advance to anyone with advice/suggestions!
Some quick background on me...I got my Private in 1998, Instrument in 1999, Commercial in 2002, Multi in 2004 and then essentially fell off the planet aviation-wise as I finished college in Engineering, got married, bought a house and had two kids. I've spent the last month flying my butt off trying to get re-acclimated to the new aviation world (What's this GPS thing everyone's talking about!? )
I know the FAA has changed things around somewhat recently about becoming a CFI. For you long time CFIs as well as those that just got their certifications, what advice would you give me as I begin to start re-learing and studying it all? Would you just crack open the Jeppesen books like you were in ground school all over again? Would you prefer the FAA's publications like Airplane Flying Handbook and Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical knowledge? Other resources?
I'm not in any rush. I'm doing this to learn and get experience, not to find quick employment.
Thanks in advance to anyone with advice/suggestions!