Originally Posted by Gangsta

I forgot to mention my situation. My CFI is due at the end of September. I never had to pay for the American Flyers renewal. I do not want to pay for the renewal even it is lifetime. My previous renewals have been on upgrading certificates (CFII and MEI) or merit (5 passes within the previous 24 calendar months with an 80% pass rate or greater). Another situation that I have is that I start class with Silver on July 9th. In which I will be engrossed in training for 6 weeks. At the end of those 6 weeks I will be moving, doing IOE, and sitting reserve (which from what I am hearing is not real reserve, but 80 or so block hours a month). I am thinking that it will be hard for me to do the renewal course within that time period considering that I will be busy.