So I have my CFI, CFII, MEI...was set to expire 10/2026 (today) and I dont use it and I'm living in the Philippines right now so I'd much rather put my $100 towards the record high USD to PHP rates instead of a FIRC. I can still renew it via FIRC for 3 months after my expiration? Without an FAA ride? Just making sure I didn't totally screw myself.
Quick clarification on the new CFI rules
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ahw01
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Don’t know if this helps but I’d start that FIRC today
I cant access the link you sent me in the Philippines, it gives an error. I ask bc from what ive read, theres now a a 3 month grace period unlike before. You can't act on your CFI unless renewed, but theres a grace period to renew it where you can still do the FIRC while not acting as a CFI. So for instance, my CFI expires end of October, in the past I'd had to renew it by that date via FIRC or else take an FAA ride to renew it. If I'm understanding correctly, I can now wait 3 months to take the FIRC, but my abilities to act as a CFI expire tommorow. But i don't have to take an FAA ride until after 3 months. No?Don’t know if this helps but I’d start that FIRC today
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Yes.
You have 3 calendar months after your old expiration date, or the new recency of experience date, to do a FIRC and not have to do a reinstatement.
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Also a quick word of caution. The old expiration dates, now that they have gone away, mean that there is no longer a date on your next issued certificate. It is up to you to keep track of your recency end date, and that date now moves if you do a FIRC or establish recency. It goes to 24 calendar months from the date you establish recency so that 2-calendar-month window of doing a FIRC and keeping your expiration date is over.
Beaker
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Doesn't 61.197(a)(3) give you a 3-month window to keep your month the same?
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Nope. It's 24 calendar months from the date you establish recency.