What should I read?

MedicRyan

MedicRyan

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I should be pretty honest, the training that I received thus far has not been the best. I have my comm/ifr right now and currently doing my multi-add on. I consider myself a very good pilot, I just do not feel that my knowledge is as good as it should be. I plan on attending the CFI program at ATP and have alotted myself 6 months to study, refresh, and become as knowledgable as possible before I go. I know the CFI progam is nothing to play around with and you should be ready to take your rides before you even show up.

What I would like to do, is find out from all of you what I should use to bring myself up to snuff on everything from private to ifr to comm. I have the king dvd's and some other books. I just want to take everything that I need to study, set them on a table and say "ok, Ryan, go nuts." I do not want to take bits and pieces from a million different books. I want to know exactly what I need to prepare and be ready.

Thanks

Ryan
 
Well, unfortunately perparing for the CFI may mean taking bits and piecies from a million books, because no book I have read is comprehensive in scope and content.

My best recommendations for the CFI would be:

Jeppesen Private Pilot manual and Commercial Manual.
2007 FAR/AIM
Aviation Weather
Aviation Weather Services

as your foundation books. but honestly - the bigger your network of resources the better. i have a zillion books to pull info from since one book may have the A & B pattern for an instrument student but no other book has a pictorial diagram. I also have a ton of 3 ring binders full of AC's and handouts, etc., etc.


Good luck, but bear in mind this isn't something you necessarily want to rush, preparation = presentation
 
Keep in mind you can't cram this kind of knowledge in so I don't know about your "ok, Ryan, go nuts" procedure. To be a good CFI (not to mention a good pilot) I think you really need a good working knowledge of all things aeronautical. If I were you I'd take it chunks at a time. Open up your CFI PTS and take it one area of operation (or task) at a time. Read and study up until you are comfortable with the AOA/task then move on to the next one. Study a little every night and you should have no problem.

Hate to tell you it, but you're going to have to take bits and pieces from lots of different books. I'd suggest:
AFH
PHAK
FAR/AIM
Private/Comm/CFI PTS
Aviation Instructor's Handbook
Aviation Weather Services

There's probably a few others I'm missing, but those are the ones I use the most. Hope this helps.
 
I am just into Phase II of my CFI and can tell you that it has been like sticking a firehose in my mouth and turning it on full blast as far as the knowledge part goes. Unfortunately for me, I didn't go right for my CFI after getting my Commercial in 2003, so I have to remember all the old stuff again. My reading list is the following:

Jeppesen Private and Commercial Textbook
Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge
Airplane Flying Handbook
Gleim Flight Instructor Flight Maneuvers
Gleim FOI
Gleim Flight Instructor Knowledge Test Book
Stick and Rudder
2007 FAR/AIM
Piper Warrior and Arrow Books
PTS for Private, Commercial and Flight Instructor

Don't forget your notes from your Private, Instrument and Commercial. Actually, I found awesome notes on the basics, as well as systems and such that I had done then and are great for jogging the memory a bit. Good Luck, by the way what day is it???????? :)
 
Ryan is looking for the ever elusive "Every Thing in One Book" read.
Not gonna happen. As has been stated, the required knowledge is in many books and we have to know and teach where to find the information.

Actually, there is One Book that will give all the references to all the books you will need. It is called the PTS.

The PTS will list all the reference material requied for the knowledge and skill associated with the TASK.

That is what you should start reading and learning where the knowledge is.
 
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