Well guys I have finally achieved the ranks to become A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR. My freakin' oral was toooooo looong.. I was always dreading the time when all the Piper Arrows were down due to maintanence. If that happens then the oral portion of the CFI would be long. And so it was. I got there at 8:00 AM broke out for lunch for about an hour around lunch time, then I didn't leave till 4:00 PM. After I got home my body literally broke down. I couldn't move! But besides that the oral was hectic. I knew most of everything but those few things I didn't know made things worse.
The oral started out checking the paperwork as usual, he asked me how long is the CFI good for? What are the req'd documents to have onboard and why is the radio licence not needed? All of the req'd inspections needed and how often? We went through a part of the teaching process, what does an evaluation consist of? Also the two main presentation methods and when are they used? Basic CFI characteristics and responsibilities was talked about. And I was asked to describe professionalism and its characteristics.
Boy, one of the simpliest things can be the hardest things to discuss. Like discuss how lift works...Yeah, yeah, yeah, Bernoulli and Newton's third law. But thats not enough. YOU HAVE TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCES IN PRESSURE AND WHAT MAKES IT THAT WAY
. As I looked over the books the following days, the books don't say too much about pressure differences. But eventually we went through it. What makes the ailerons work? It is not the change in airflow, it is the change in pressure on both ailerons. All control surfaces on the airplane have a pressure change, even the rudder. We went over weight and balance and airspace which was easier.
I'm trying not to make you fall asleep here.
What endorsements are we req'd to keep a log of and how long? And what endorsements do you put in the student pilot cert? What would you do if the student pilot logbook gets full? Well in my private days of training I remember my instructors getting a copy of an endorsement and stapling it in my logbook. But I did not say that to him but that is a wrong thing to do. He gave me some endorsements and asked me where are they to be logged at?
Well I am tired of writing now but maybe soon I'll go into the flight portion of my ride of my life
