(5 Day) Flight Instructor (CFI) Course

The Flight Instructor (CFI) Course is designed to immerse the Commercial Pilot into a dedicated accelerated flight instructor training program. The flight instructor CFI course is 5 days in length. The Flight Instructor course program includes the initial CFI Flight Instructor practical test reccomendation with an FAA Certified Flight Instructor.

Train the way you Fly - Fly the way you train

CFI Course Includes: 

• Flight Instructor Exclusively Assigned to You
• Unlimited Flight Instruction
• Training Materials
• FAA Practical Test Recommendation - (Budget FAA Examiner Fees & additional days of stay if scheduled locally for a test.)
• Call for pricing - (in your plane)
• Call for pricing - (in our planes) PA-28-181 Piper Archers LX G1000 NXI, PA-28-151 Piper Warrior with G5's and Garmin 375's, GPS Garmin 430 WAAS, Cirrus SR22 G3 Perspective/ GPS WAAS or Cirrus SR22 Avidyne / GPS Garmin 430 WAAS, CE-172 GPS 430 WAAS
• Note: Course, pricing, flight and ground instruction can be customized to individual needs
• Note: Hotel & housing available
• Note: Courtesy vehicle transportation available
• Note: Train at our location or we can train at your location anywhere in the US
• Contact Us At: 218-879-6599 for Course Scheduling

 

CFI Course Prerequisites:

For pilots seeking an Flight Instructor rating; come prepared with the following information.

• FAA FOI and FIA written test passed
• Spin Endorsement
• Current US Passport, or Birth Certificate & Government Issued ID
• Basic Med or FAA third class medical or better
• Current Commercial Pilot Certificate
• Current Biennial Flight Review logged

 

CFI Training Course Topics Include:

• Fundamentals of Flight Instruction
• CFI Technical Subject Matter
• Preflight Preparation
• Preflight Lesson on a Manuever To Be Performed In Flight
• Airport and Seaplane Base Operations
• Takeoffs, Landings and Go-Arounds
• Fundementals of Flight
• Performance Manuevers
• Ground Reference Maneuvers
• Slowflight, Stalls and Spins
• Basic Instrument Maneuvers
• Emergency Operations
• Postflight Procedures
• AC-61.65
• Risk Management
• Aeronautical Decision Making
• Task Management
• Single Pilot Resource Management
• Scenario Based Training
• Personal Minimums
• Flight Planning
• ATC System & Communications
• Safe and efficient operation of aircraft
• Weight and balance computations
• Use of performance charts
• Effects of exceeding aircraft performance limitations
• Aeronautical charts and a magnetic compass for pilotage and dead reckoning
• Use of air navigation facilities
• Aeronautical decision making and judgment
• Principles and functions of aircraft systems
• Maneuvers, procedures, and emergency operations appropriate to the aircraft
• Night operations
• Procedures for operating within the National Airspace System
• Teach Flight Planning
• Applicable FAR's, AIM and Advisory Circulars
• Radio Communications Procedures
• Recognition of critical weather situations from the ground and in flight, windshear avoidance, and the procurement and use of aeronautical weather reports and forecasts
• Safe and efficient operation of aircraft, including collision avoidance, and recognition and avoidance of wake turbulence
• Effects of density altitude on takeoff and climb performance
• Stall awareness, spin entry, spins, and spin recovery techniques for the airplane
• Preflight action that includes—How to obtain information on runway lengths at airports of intended use, data on takeoff and landing distances, weather reports and forecasts, and fuel requirements