FAA Removal of Expiration Date on a Flight Instructor Certificate; Additional Qualification Requirements To Train Initial Flight Instructor Applicants

[rsalazar]

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This action removes the expiration date on flight instructor certificates to align with other airman certificates. Additional amendments include updating renewal requirements to recent experience requirements, introducing a new method for establishing recent flight instructor experience, and allowing instructors with a lapse of no more than three months to reinstate privileges via an approved flight instructor refresher course instead of a practical test. This final rule also adds two new methods for flight instructors to qualify to train initial applicants. Finally, this final rule relocates and codifies the requirements for relief for U.S. military and civilian personnel who seek to renew their expired flight instructor certificate.

 

[WaspAir]

This won't have much practical effect beyond the printing on the certificate. Instead of signing endorsements with:

Joe Smith 1234567CFI expires mm/dd/yyyy

it will now need to say:

Joe Smth 1234567CFI recency ends mm/dd/yyyy

What a great leap forward!

 

[GyroChuck]

But at least I won't have to wait 40 to 60 days for my new Certificate

 

[WaspAir]

Now if they would just put our own pictures on them instead of just Orville and Wilbur. . .

 

[okikuma]

Now if they would just put our own pictures on them instead of just Orville and Wilbur. . .

The FAA was suppost to add photos from either US Passport or State Driver's License databases.

Wayne