Keeping your CFI current

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jamster

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I've been a CFI (unemployed) for about 5 months now. I am in my senior year of college and I'm planning on getting a job instructing as soon as possible. I was just wondering what some of you guys do to (a.) keep your CFI current when not working and (b.) remain proficient without spending a whole bunch of money renting planes.

Thanks :beer:
 
(1) How about working as a tutor or teaching assistant at college? Even if the content is not necessarily aviation related, you have the opportunity to polish your instructional proficiency.

(2) Observe other instructional flights from the back seat. Anticipate how you might handle various situations.

(3) Review instrument procedures with Microsoft Flight Simulator. Find new approaches that you have not performed. Explain what you are doing as you "fly," even if no one is there to listen.

(4) Chair fly. It is FREE and a good practices even for experienced pilots.

(5) Review and update your CFI notebook. Could the lessons use some polish? Is the content well organized?

(6) Review the FAA publications: AIM, Airplane Flying Handbook, Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge, Instrument Flying Handbook, Instrument Procedures Handbook.

(7) Find an area of which you could benefit from further understanding. Meteorology? Engine operations? Aerodynamics? etc.
 
Before I left Florida I was planning on joining Civil Air Patrol from what I remember its $75-100 for membership and you gotta get checked out or something and after that you can fly their planes for $30 plus fuel the catch is to find people in CAP that want to work on an rating. The group I was looking at needed CFII which could have offered alot of opportunity if I would have stuck around that area. If they are spliting the costs or even paying full costs if you are instructing then it would be some cheap hours/profeciency.
 
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