FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR RATING PREREQUISITES
- 18 Years of Age
- FAA Commercial Pilot Certificate or ATP Certificate
- FAA 3rd Class Medical
- Understand & Speak English
FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR RATING STEPS
- Pass FAA Written exam
- Pass the FAA Check-ride
FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR RATING PRIVILEGES
- Teach students to fly in an airplane for which you are rated
FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR RATING TRAINING CONTENT
- Applicable Federal Aviation Regulations of this chapter that apply to flight Instruction
- Fundamentals of instructing including:
Classroom subject areas:
- The learning process
- Elements of effective teaching
- Student evaluation and testing
- Course development
- Lesson planning
- Classroom training techniques
Technical subject areas:
- Preflight preparation
- Preflight lesson on a maneuver to be performed in flight
- Preflight procedures
- Airport and seaplane base operations
- Takeoffs, landings, and go-arounds
- Fundamentals of flight
- Performance maneuvers
- Ground reference maneuvers
- Slow flight, stalls, and spins
- Basic instrument maneuvers
- Emergency operations
- Postflight procedures
