Short, practical reads for future flight instructors. Everything here maps back to the CFI ACS, so what you study is what the examiner asks about.
One salary site says the average CFI makes $94,620 a year. Another says $28.58 an hour. Here is why both are wrong, and how to work out what you would actually earn.
How Much Do Flight Instructors Make? The Honest Math Read More »
You searched for the CFII ACS and found a pile of documents that almost match: the CFI ACS, the instrument rating ACS, even an ACS for powered-lift instrument instructors. But no CFII ACS for airplanes or helicopters. That is not a research failure on your part. It does not exist. The instrument flight instructor checkride
The CFII ACS, Explained: Why Your Checkride Still Runs on a PTS Read More »
Somewhere between the commercial checkride and the start of CFI training, somebody breaks the news: you need a binder full of lesson plans, one for every task you might be asked to teach. Then you price out the hours and your stomach drops. So it is worth asking the question most applicants only ask themselves.
Where lesson plans fit in the CFI ACS, what belongs in one, and how to build a set you can teach from on checkride day.
CFI Lesson Plans: What the ACS Requires and How to Build a Set You Can Teach From Read More »
What is actually in the CFI ACS (FAA-S-ACS-25): the 14 Areas of Operation, the Tasks your examiner must select, how the element codes work, and how to study with it.
CFI ACS Explained: A Practical Guide to FAA-S-ACS-25 Read More »
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