Alright so I had my CFI initial check ride today. Here is the gouge! It's pretty simple and straight up.
6 A.M. - I get a nice wake up call from the hotel and I get ready.
7:15 A.M. - I arrive at Falcon Aviation Academy down in KFFC (Falcon Field at Peachtree City,GA) and wait for the examiner.
9:00 A.M. - After waiting for 1.5 hours he arrives and we greet. I'll keep his name anonymous but if you want to know his name PM me and I'll just give you his first name. The examiner was really nice, he helped me relaxed after a near panic attack (J/K I was pretty confident). We went over what we will be covering and we already knew we wouldnt fly. I asked him about the 90% fail rate at ATL FSDO and he said its no a 50% fail rate. He also isn't a fan of the 8 hour oral so he said we would be between 3-4 hours. I was like score!!! He just covered the bare minimum of each subject area in the PTS.
9:15 A.M. - We start with the endorsements that I needed to take the CFI checkride. Easy peasey you need your Spin training endorsement, your 3 hours in 60 days endorsement, FOI endorsement, and the practical test endorsement. After that went over the FOI. The FOI was only instructor responsibilites and professionalism and Learning Thoery. This portion was mostly all conversation and scenarios. He talked more than I did and I learned some stuff from him.
10:30 A.M. - We went into AREA III of the PTS and covered the required section which is logbook endorsements and then the additonal one which was aeromedical factors. He made me write down word for word the endorsements for a students for solo x-country which is two endorsements and a sign off on the student pilot certificate and which category aircraft. Then he asked me some general questions about logbooks. How many years do you need to keep records??? 3 years.
The aeromedical factors section was alright, I didn't do the best at it. We went over hypoxia and the four types and symptoms. Then we went over hyperventilation and what you should do as an instructor if your student gets it. Lower altitude! and if you have a brown bag let him breathe in it and also make him start talking. We talked about the high altitude chamber for about 20 minutes, he was telling me stories about his experience.
11:45 A.M. - We went over AREA IV which was just airworthiness. He asked some general questions about aircraft being airworthy. AD's and complying with them, what kinds are there?? Recurring, immediate, and some which can be complied with over time. We then went over 91.205 which is equipment for Day VFR and Night VFR. I went over TOMATO FLAMES and FLAPS. I wasn't specific enough on some of the equipment like for fuel gauge I was an idiot and just put fuel down. He then asked how can you test your ELT and when? Turn on ELT and tune into 121.5, you can only do this for the first five minutes of every hour.
12:30 P.M. - Lastly I taught Lazy 8's and a short field landing. I spent more time writing stuff on the board than teaching it so it took a while.
around 1 we called it quits and he gave me a letter of discontinuance and we are going up next Friday.
Overall the oral was a great learning experience. The examiner gave me really good tips and advice on somethings I did. He was very fair and want me to pass. He didnt tell me answers but he would kind of guide me if I was stuck.
Now I have to take the flying portion and im done, should be a piece of cake.
Hope this was helpful,
Kevin
6 A.M. - I get a nice wake up call from the hotel and I get ready.
7:15 A.M. - I arrive at Falcon Aviation Academy down in KFFC (Falcon Field at Peachtree City,GA) and wait for the examiner.
9:00 A.M. - After waiting for 1.5 hours he arrives and we greet. I'll keep his name anonymous but if you want to know his name PM me and I'll just give you his first name. The examiner was really nice, he helped me relaxed after a near panic attack (J/K I was pretty confident). We went over what we will be covering and we already knew we wouldnt fly. I asked him about the 90% fail rate at ATL FSDO and he said its no a 50% fail rate. He also isn't a fan of the 8 hour oral so he said we would be between 3-4 hours. I was like score!!! He just covered the bare minimum of each subject area in the PTS.
9:15 A.M. - We start with the endorsements that I needed to take the CFI checkride. Easy peasey you need your Spin training endorsement, your 3 hours in 60 days endorsement, FOI endorsement, and the practical test endorsement. After that went over the FOI. The FOI was only instructor responsibilites and professionalism and Learning Thoery. This portion was mostly all conversation and scenarios. He talked more than I did and I learned some stuff from him.
10:30 A.M. - We went into AREA III of the PTS and covered the required section which is logbook endorsements and then the additonal one which was aeromedical factors. He made me write down word for word the endorsements for a students for solo x-country which is two endorsements and a sign off on the student pilot certificate and which category aircraft. Then he asked me some general questions about logbooks. How many years do you need to keep records??? 3 years.
The aeromedical factors section was alright, I didn't do the best at it. We went over hypoxia and the four types and symptoms. Then we went over hyperventilation and what you should do as an instructor if your student gets it. Lower altitude! and if you have a brown bag let him breathe in it and also make him start talking. We talked about the high altitude chamber for about 20 minutes, he was telling me stories about his experience.
11:45 A.M. - We went over AREA IV which was just airworthiness. He asked some general questions about aircraft being airworthy. AD's and complying with them, what kinds are there?? Recurring, immediate, and some which can be complied with over time. We then went over 91.205 which is equipment for Day VFR and Night VFR. I went over TOMATO FLAMES and FLAPS. I wasn't specific enough on some of the equipment like for fuel gauge I was an idiot and just put fuel down. He then asked how can you test your ELT and when? Turn on ELT and tune into 121.5, you can only do this for the first five minutes of every hour.
12:30 P.M. - Lastly I taught Lazy 8's and a short field landing. I spent more time writing stuff on the board than teaching it so it took a while.
around 1 we called it quits and he gave me a letter of discontinuance and we are going up next Friday.
Overall the oral was a great learning experience. The examiner gave me really good tips and advice on somethings I did. He was very fair and want me to pass. He didnt tell me answers but he would kind of guide me if I was stuck.
Now I have to take the flying portion and im done, should be a piece of cake.
Hope this was helpful,
Kevin
