CFI- Initial. Any uncommon questions to study?

The Airplane Flying Handbook, Aviation Instructor’s Handbook, and PTS all specify the procedure for transferring the flight controls. What is that procedure?
 
Adler said:
And if you were my examiner, I would point you towards Chapter 5 of the Aviation Instructor's Handbook, where it says that trick and irrelevant questions "...are not helpful in evaluating the student’s knowledge..."
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Really? Do you advise your students to challenge the examiner too?
 
Ok the R in the AD's means it is recurring. Meaning you have to comply with it in the future. The correct answer to the student pilot flying solo above the few clouds at 1500 is NO. Why no you ask, the student pilot needs vertical visibility to the ground at all times. If you cannot see the ground because of any one cloud then you cannot fly above that cloud. Few clouds is a 1/8 coverage of the sky therefore making it very hard to always have vertical refernce to the ground.
 
Oh and the exchange in coontrols I believe the positive exchange goes, YOU- "you have the controls", the other person will reply- " I have the controls", then you release the controls.
 
zondap13 said:
Ok the R in the AD's means it is recurring. Meaning you have to comply with it in the future. The correct answer to the student pilot flying solo above the few clouds at 1500 is NO. Why no you ask, the student pilot needs vertical visibility to the ground at all times. If you cannot see the ground because of any one cloud then you cannot fly above that cloud. Few clouds is a 1/8 coverage of the sky therefore making it very hard to always have vertical refernce to the ground.
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Disagree...there will never be an instance where only 1/8 of the ground is obscured and you would not be able to see it the ground...7/8 of the ground is visible, I believe you will have a VERY hard time backing up your "no" answer...a few cloud observation is a mostly "clear" situation.

Better yet, turn it into a teachable moment, look at the METAR trends...few can turn to scattered then broken...now you have a student stuck above a "ceiling"...that's how I would present it
 
zondap13 said:
Oh and the exchange in coontrols I believe the positive exchange goes, YOU- "you have the controls", the other person will reply- " I have the controls", then you release the controls.
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Actually, it is a 3 step procedure. Reference the CFI PTS. Positive Exchange of Flight Controls Procedure: You have the controls-----I have the controls------you have the controls----then turn loose. :)
 
Right the TSA endorsement is not in the AC. The reason why is because it is not mandatory, you can have it in your records for 5 years. Btw you are right on the positive exchange flight controls it is a 3 step process, thanks. And to the very difficult solo on top of few clouds, the reason I say no is because you cant prove you will stay above every cloud through the flight, hence the reg says you have to have a vertical distance to the ground.
 
zondap13 said:
Oh and the exchange in coontrols I believe the positive exchange goes, YOU- "you have the controls", the other person will reply- " I have the controls", then you release the controls.
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No. Time to go look up the right answer in one of those three publications.
 
LOC-D said:
Further revisions since the AD was first issued ?
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BINGO! Give that man a cigar! Right you are sir.

I might also add that if an AD is complied with and a revision comes out, the revised AD has to be complied with. So, if R2 was done and R3 comes out, you once again have an AD requiring compliance. It may be an easy compliance because the revision may not have changed anything that was done, but it still needs to be signed off by a mechanic.
 
Guy said:
BINGO! Give that man a cigar! Right you are sir.

I might also add that if an AD is complied with and a revision comes out, the revised AD has to be complied with. So, if R2 was done and R3 comes out, you once again have an AD requiring compliance. It may be an easy compliance because the revision may not have changed anything that was done, but it still needs to be signed off by a mechanic.
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Unless you're owner/operator or mech, there is no reason you need to know that.
My opinion only.
 
If the throttle cable breaks inflight, what will happen, and how will you get back on the ground?

What will your MAP be if you run out of gas?

What is required for an airplane checkout?
 
91.213.

Know how to fill out an 8710. What if your student does not have an SSN to put on the 8710?

Does your CFI check ride reset your flight review clock?
 
CFIT99 said:
that would be the infamous Dupage FSDO in Chicago....got to love a 92% fail rate, the flight was only 1.9.

I'd say 4-6 hour orals are normal, unless you got one at a pilot mill(ATP) they usually have 1-2 hour cfi initial orals (based on who I've talked to)
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Oh God! Turning in my 8710 to them next week.
 
USMCmech said:
If the throttle cable breaks inflight, what will happen, and how will you get back on the ground?

What will your MAP be if you run out of gas?

What is required for an airplane checkout?
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Probably a pretty common question. I think it came up on my friends CFI-A.
 
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