Certified Flight Instructor Course

Being a certified flight instructor is a challenging and rewarding career that utilizes all you have learned during your flight training. Flight instructors aim to be role models in the aviation community, sharing knowledge and experience with their students, and for many people, it is the first job in aviation that earns them a paycheck. Our 30-Day CFI Academy is designed to build fundamental knowledge and develop teaching skills. The FAA has already certified that you are a competent commercial and instrument-rated pilot; our job is to ensure that you become a well-prepared aviation instructor to teach those lessons.

Eligibility

Requirements for becoming a Certified Flight Instructor are:

  • Be 18 years of age.

  • Read, speak, write, and understand the English language.

  • Hold either a commercial pilot certificate or airline transport pilot certificate and an instrument rating.

  • Have logged at least 250 hours of flight time.

  • Hold a valid FAA 3rd Class Medical Certificate (or higher).

  • Receive a logbook endorsement from an authorized instructor on the fundamentals of instructing.

  • Pass a knowledge test on the aeronautical knowledge areas appropriate to the flight instructor rating sought.

Syllabus

104 hours of Classroom Instruction

To help you find the help you need and build a network of fellow CFIs to collaborate during your CFI training, most lectures are conducted in a class setting as a group.

10 Hours Individual Ground Instruction

Some skills require one-on-one teachings, but this segment of your CFI training is for you to teach your instructors in select areas to get you more comfortable speaking in front of a group as well as help you find your teaching style.

14 Hours of Flight Time

From lazy eights and steep spirals to spin endorsements, your flight training takes on new meanings as you advance your skills are sharpened using lower minimums and acceptable levels of performance.

6 Hours Dual Simulator Time

Get a real feel with an instructor acting as your student. Teach as you go and stop to ask all the questions you need to refine your teaching techniques.

Unlimited Solo Simulator Access

Use the simulators as much as you need to practice your maneuvers, procedures, and teaching techniques to feel comfortable on the airplane.

The Certified Flight Instructor Course is a perfect way to build a foundation of crew resource management and flight experience. You will learn to master the art of teaching others how to fly.

Some examples of topics that you will need to teach include:

  • Aerodynamics

  • Navigation & Meteorology

  • Radio communication

  • Situational awareness & Safety

  • Workload management

  • Go-arounds

  • Wake turbulence &Terrain avoidance