Yet another "Gold Seal" question

[PanJet]

Okay, I know this has been debated on here before, and I'm not asking the value of a Gold Seal certificate. I just have one question:

If your CFI renewal doesn't expire within the two year period you had the 10 signoffs, do you still qualify for a Gold Seal? To clarify, here's the case. If you got your CFI in August of a certain year, and had 10 signoffs before August of two years later, but your CFI renewal isn't due until almost another 9 months later because you added on to your CFI (II or MEI) resetting your renewal date, do you still qualify for a Gold Seal at the time of renewal? For that matter, do you still qualify to use those sign offs for renewal, since some of them happened before you upgraded your CFI, hence they were more than two years before.

Confusing enough? In short, I'm asking if the signoffs have to be in the 24 months before the renewal, or can they be in any 24 month period before the renewal?

 

[butt]

Okay, I know this has been debated on here before, and I'm not asking the value of a Gold Seal certificate. I just have one question:

If your CFI renewal doesn't expire within the two year period you had the 10 signoffs, do you still qualify for a Gold Seal? To clarify, here's the case. If you got your CFI in August of a certain year, and had 10 signoffs before August of two years later, but your CFI renewal isn't due until almost another 9 months later because you added on to your CFI (II or MEI) resetting your renewal date, do you still qualify for a Gold Seal at the time of renewal? For that matter, do you still qualify to use those sign offs for renewal, since some of them happened before you upgraded your CFI, hence they were more than two years before.

Confusing enough? In short, I'm asking if the signoffs have to be in the 24 months before the renewal, or can they be in any 24 month period before the renewal?

Theres no rule that says you can only renew your certificate when "it's due". If you wanted to go through the whole renewal process every 3 months, more power to ya.

As far as the signoffs, I don't think it states they have to be in "the last renewal period", just the last 24 calendar months.

GOLD SEAL FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATES. The specific requirements for the gold seal flight instructor certificate are contained in FAA Orders 8700.1, General Aviation Operations Inspector’s Handbook, and 8710.3C, Pilot Examiner’s Handbook. Flight instructor certificates bearing distinctive gold seals are issued to flight instructors who have maintained a high level of flight training activity and who meet special criteria. Once issued, a gold seal flight instructor certificate will be reissued each time the instructor's certificate is renewed. Applicants for gold seal flight instructor certificates must meet the following requirements:

a. The flight instructor must hold a commercial pilot certificate with an instrument rating (glider flight instructors need not hold an instrument rating) or an ATP certificate;

b. The flight instructor must hold a ground instructor certificate with an advanced or instrument ground instructor rating; and

c. The flight instructor must have accomplished the following within the previous 24 months:

(1) Trained and recommended at least 10 applicants for a practical test, at least 8 of whom passed their tests on the first attempt;

(2) Conducted at least 20 practical tests as a designated pilot examiner, or graduation tests as chief instructor of a 14 CFR part 141 approved pilot school course; or

(3) A combination of the above requirements. (Two practical tests conducted equal the credit given for one applicant trained and recommended for a practical test.)

 

[WAFlyBoy]

I believe the 10 sign offs must be within 24 months of the date you actually renew.