Having decided that I am in less of a rush to get my instructor tickets (mainly as CFI jobs are few and far between at the moment, and do not want to shell out for American Flyers academy, I am going to try to get my ratings done independently with a lot of self-study and flying as required with my instructor in my flying club. Doing it this way I am certain I will be able to save some cash.
Anyway, it seems to me that the majority of 141 schools do the CFII as the initial and then the CFI-A as an add-on. I assumed that this is done to make the flying portion of the checkride simpler, as it is effectively a IR checkride from the right seat and it is assumed that the Federales are tougher than a DE. Are there any other benefits?
If I decide to go down this route, what obstacles are there out there to trip me up? I assume the oral will contain all the FOI-type questions, endorsements, limitations etc, but will it also expect me to be able to answer questions that would otherwise come up in a CFI oral?
Thanks for your input!
Anyway, it seems to me that the majority of 141 schools do the CFII as the initial and then the CFI-A as an add-on. I assumed that this is done to make the flying portion of the checkride simpler, as it is effectively a IR checkride from the right seat and it is assumed that the Federales are tougher than a DE. Are there any other benefits?
If I decide to go down this route, what obstacles are there out there to trip me up? I assume the oral will contain all the FOI-type questions, endorsements, limitations etc, but will it also expect me to be able to answer questions that would otherwise come up in a CFI oral?
Thanks for your input!