Flight Instructor Responsibilities Flashcards
TSA requirement for US and Foreign student before starting a training?
Determine if the student is US citizen
For foreign student: Submit background information to TSA for clearance
Who need to complete the security awareness training?
CFI or ground instructor
Chief Instructor
Director of training
Anyone employed by flight school.
When do have to complete the initial security awareness training?
Within 60 days
How often the initial training needs to be accomplished?
Every 12 months
Do you need to do TSA check for flight reviews, IPCS, or aircraft checkouts?
No. They are not training. They are just checks.
As CFI, What records do you have to maintain for UC citizens?
One of the following:
A copy of documentation that proves citizenship.
Or make the endorsement to certify
What kind of category ratings can be placed on a pilot certificate?
Airplane, Rotorcraft, Glider, Lighter than air, powered parachute
What kind of class rating can be placed on a pilot certificate?
Airplane: Single engine land, Multi engine Land, Single engine sea, Single engine sea
What kind of ratings can be placed on CFI certificate?
Airplane, Rotorcraft, Glider,
Single engine, multi engine
Helicopter
Does student pilot certificate expire?
No if after April 1, 2016. Before 24 months or 60 months
ATP pilot practical test, what medical do you need?
3rd
What operations doesn’t require a medical certificate?
CFI when not acting as PIC
Ground instructor certificate
Serving as an EXAM
Operations don’t need medical certificate
Flight instructor when not acting as a PIC
Ground Instructor
Serving as an examiner for glider, balloon, flight simulator or training device .
What is basic med?
PIC without medical requirements under part 67.
meet certain prescribed conditions to operate under BasicMed.
- A pilot asks you what the requirements are to fly under new BasicMed regulations.
a. Hold a U.S. driver’s license.
b. Hold or have held a medical certificate issued by the FAA at any point after July 15, 2006.
c. Answer the health questions on the Comprehensive Medical Examination Checklist (CMEC).
d. Get a physical examination by any state-licensed physician, and have that physician complete the CMEC; keep the signed CMEC document.
e. Take an online medical education course and complete the attestations/consent to the National Driver Register (NDR) check. Keep the course completion document.
Comprehensive Medical Examination Checklist (CMEC).
Checklist to complete in order to basic med.
Explain the privileges and limitations of a pilot flying under BasicMed.
limited to:
a. Fly with no more than five passengers.
b. Fly an aircraft under 6,000 lbs maximum certificated takeoff weight.
c. Fly an aircraft that is authorized to carry no more than 6 occupants.
d. Flights within the United States, at an indicated airspeed of 250 knots or less, and at an altitude at or below 18,000 feet mean sea level (MSL).
e. May not fly for compensation or hire.
When is a type rating required?
Large aircraft (except lighter-than-air)
Turbojet-powered airplanes;
Other aircraft (specified through aircraft type certificate procedures).
According to regulations, what additional training is required to act as pilot-in-command of a complex airplane?
Received and logged ground and flight training
Received a one-time logbook endorsement
What is high performance airplane mean?
Horsepower of 200
According to regulations, what additional training is required to act as pilot-in-command of a high-performance airplane?
Received and logged ground and flight training
Received a one-time logbook endorsement
Describe the minimum required elements of instruction for transition to a tailwheel aircraft.
received and logged flight training
logbook endorsement
normal and crosswind takeoffs and landings
wheel landings
go-around procedures.
When entering time in a logbook, what time is considered as “training time”?
training from an authorized instructor
training time must be logged in a logbook include a description of the training given, the length of the training lesson, and the instructor’s signature, certificate number, and certificate expiration date.
What logbook entries should be made by the flight instructor if a pilot demonstrates unsatisfactory performance during a flight review?
The FAA does not intend the flight review to be a checkride. If the review is not satisfactory, the CFI should log the flight as “dual instruction given” and not as a “failure.” The CFI should then recommend additional training in the areas of the review that were unsatisfactory.
Before a flight review, what do you need to interview with applicant?
Type of equipment flown
Nature of flight operations
Amount and recency of flight experience
For an applicant training under Part 61, what minimum aeronautical experience, is required before application for an instrument rating may take place?
50 hours of cross-country flight time as PIC, of which 10 hours must have been in an airplane;
40 hours of actual or simulated instrument time in the Part 61 areas of operation, of which 15 hours must have been received from an authorized instructor
3 hours of instrument flight training 2 calendar months before the date of the practical test;
one cross-country flight in an airplane with an authorized instructor 250 NM along airways or direct routing from ATC, an instrument approach at each airport, and 3 different kinds of approaches with the use of navigation systems.
Enroute VFR. Student is in solo flying. Clouds are building up to overcast. Is she allowed to continue above overcast? 61.89 and FAA-H-8083-25
(6) With a flight or surface visibility of less than 3 statute miles during daylight hours or 5 statute miles at night;
(7) When the flight cannot be made with visual reference to the surface; or
Do you have to teach short field takeoffs and landings for first solo flying? 61.93
Yes Takeoff, approach, and landing procedures, including short-field, soft-field, and crosswind takeoffs, approaches, and landings;
Reasons that examiners may discontinue a practical test? 61.43
(1) When the applicant fails one or more of the areas of operation; or
(2) Due to inclement weather conditions, aircraft airworthiness, or any other safety-of-flight concern.
Do you need a flight review after renewing your CFI certificate? 61.56
No need
Is medical certificate always required to exercise the privileges of a flight instructor certificate? If not, are there any limitations on flight instructors teaching without a medical certificate? Can an instructor teach under BasicMed? 61.23 and AC 68-1
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