Pass your Flight Instructor Oral Guaranteed.

That overwhelming feeling of studying for your CFI checkride is now over. With ClearCut CFI, we take the anxiety out of the CFI ACS. We provide lesson plans, video lectures, mock orals with real students, and cockpit recordings of experienced flight instructors.

Courses

Pick Your Path to the Checkride

Start with the piece you need, from $45, or take the full course all the way to your CFI checkride. Every lesson follows the FAA CFI ACS, the same standard your examiner grades from.

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The first 250 students get lifetime access to the full CFI course for half price. Pass your checkride or get your money back.

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OPTION 01

FOI Course

The Fundamentals of Instruction, decoded.

$59 one-time

WHAT'S INCLUDED
OPTION 02 - MOST POPULAR

Full Course - CFI Initial

Zero to checkride ready. Everything included.

$250 launch

reg. $449 - or $79/mo
WHAT'S INCLUDED
OPTION 03

Endorsements Course

Every endorsement you’ll ever sign.

$45 one-time

WHAT'S INCLUDED
Why ClearCut CFI

Why Choose ClearCut CFI?

Becoming a CFI is the hardest checkride most pilots ever take - not because the flying is hard, but because now you have to teach it. ClearCut CFI makes the preparation structured, ACS-based, and taught by instructors who do this for real.
Built Around the CFI ACS

Every module tracks the ACS Areas of Operation, so when the examiner works down the list on checkride day, you've already covered it.

Study Between Flights

Self-paced video lectures that fit around flying, work, and life. No classroom schedule - move as fast or as steady as you need.

Money-Back Guarantee

Finish the course, and if you don't pass your CFI oral, you get your money back. That's the whole policy.

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Inside the Course

What You Get When You Enroll

Fundamentals of Instruction - the FOI taught in plain language, with the buzzwords decoded, so the 'teaching about teaching' section stops being intimidating.
Module 1
Technical Subject Areas - the aerodynamics, systems, regulations, and weather you'll be expected to explain like an instructor, not just recite.
Module 2
The Lesson Plan Library - complete, ACS-mapped lesson plans you can study from now and teach from for the rest of your instructing career.
Module 3
Mock Orals & Checkride Prep - full-length recorded orals with real applicants, plus strategies for the questions you can't predict.
Module 4