Becoming Chief CFI for 141 school

flx820

flx820

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Wondering if anyone has and details on the ride with the feds and what they are looking for??


Thanks
 
From what I could tell the actual flight was just like a CFI ride except you will do better this time around as a result of your experience CFIing.
 
I asked the same question to a buddy who is asst. chief at a 141 school...basically they go through another cfi practical with a huge emphasis on critique and eval, especially during the flight part (as in he barely flew during the checkride)

thats at least what he told me...not sure how similar other stories are
 
There is also a large emphasis on how, as chief pilot, you will conduct training of your CFI's to make sure they are training in accordance with your 141 cert. That may just be because we are a dual 61/141 school but I know that was a biggie. Things like monthly meetings, spot checks on paperwork etc...
 
I did my Assistant Chief ride last year. It is really up to the POI. We talked over 141 regs, TCOs, SOPs, and then went and did some stalls, slow flight, steep turns, auto pilot usage, holding, GPS and ILS approach. I flew some of it and he flew some of it as a student.
 
I was an asschief for a while, it's all fairly straight forward but up to the POI. It's basically a CFI ride with little emphasis paid to teaching. The main focus is over the TCO's, 141 regs, and your ability to critique a student coming to you for a stage check or end of course.

All in all I found it better to be a regular CFI at the school. Much less paperwork.
 
As a Chief you should download the FAA Inspector's Handbook, or the portion under "How to conduct a 141 Chief practical test". It's like a PTS for all the checkrides, and will give the guidance you will need to actually do the job.
 
Maurus said:
From what I could tell the actual flight was just like a CFI ride except you will do better this time around as a result of your experience CFIing.
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Mine was nothing like that. He was more interested in my knowledge of my TCO and SOP that I wrote and where training would be conducted. He asked me to show him a few of our practice areas, a short field landing (which, with the winds at 30 knots was no problem) and a power off stall with recovery at the first indication. That was it.

The oral was much more "intense" than the flight. Show me your training records. Where do you keep written test answer sheets? How will you enroll students?

...that kinda stuff.

-mini
 
minitour said:
Mine was nothing like that. He was more interested in my knowledge of my TCO and SOP that I wrote and where training would be conducted. He asked me to show him a few of our practice areas, a short field landing (which, with the winds at 30 knots was no problem) and a power off stall with recovery at the first indication. That was it.

The oral was much more "intense" than the flight. Show me your training records. Where do you keep written test answer sheets? How will you enroll students?

...that kinda stuff.

-mini
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Yup it all depends on a POI. Our POI was relatively new to the FAA when our chief took his ride and seemed to keep the flights like a check ride.
 
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