CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 11 Issue 1 - 8

His answer was just another example of why he
was a good CFI applicant.
"Oh, don't feel bad, I know we didn't use
everything I have, but I didn't really prepare
and collect this stuff for the test, I did it for
when I am teaching with students after the
test," he responded.

requirements for students. Reading this straight
out of the FAR is dry, boring, and commonly
leads to confusion that many times leads to
disapproval. Get ahead of this and have a
resource available.
APPLY AND CORRELATE

OK, so a few other tips that are quick,
but important.

Teaching isn't just about information dump
to the student. Teach and be able to work with
scenarios for your students. Your DPE is going to
ask you questions that are scenario based; have
answers that demonstrate your ability to take a
student to higher levels of learning. You probably
memorized the RUAC (Rote, Understanding,
Application, and Correlation) mnemonic to tell
us what the levels are-demonstrate you can
actually put that into action.

CERTIFICATE AND RATINGS REQUIREMENTS

HAVE A PLAN FOR A FLIGHT REVIEW

Wow. He got it. The CFI practical test and the
work he put into it ahead of time wasn't just
about being able to pass the test, it was about
making him prepared to actually teach and
having the resources he would need to do so.

Download, have, or build checklists for
certificates and/or ratings for which you will be
able to provide training. It takes the confusion
out of the questions relating to experience

One of the common things a CFI will do is
provide flight reviews. Too many applicants
show up and tell the DPE that they can do it but
have no idea what they would do other than "an

ONE OF THE COMMON THINGS A CFI WILL DO IS PROVIDE FLIGHT REVIEWS. TOO
MANY APPLICANTS SHOW UP AND TELL THE DPE THAT THEY CAN DO IT BUT HAVE
NO IDEA WHAT THEY WOULD DO OTHER THAN "AN HOUR OF FLIGHT AND HOUR OF
GROUND" AS THE FAR REQUIRES.

hour of flight and hour of ground" as the FAR
requires. Develop a plan for what you would
cover, how you would tailor the session to a
particular pilot, and be able to describe what you
would do if you got asked to do a flight review
in an aircraft other than the one you brought
to the CFI practical test. Oh, and hey, I seem to
remember there being an FAA Advisory Circular
about Flight Reviews. Pro-tip-check it out.
DEVELOP A PRE-SOLO KNOWLEDGE
TEST-CUSTOMIZE IT

The percentage of applicants who show up
to a CFI practical test and tell the DPE that
they would have to "give a student a presolo knowledge test prior to solo" but don't
actually have one prepared is high. It's even
a little funny to me how many times when an
applicant shows up with one, that it is just the
one their flight school always uses or one they
downloaded from somewhere on the internet
and they haven't bothered to look at the content.
Commonly I will see pre-solo knowledge tests
that include questions about a different aircraft
than the one we will be using for the practical
test or about an airport environment across
the country somewhere (typically wherever the
flight school they downloaded the test from is
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