Originally Posted by
rickair7777
It's BS, but....
The exact wording is that a checkride for a PILOT certificate counts as a BFR. A CFI ride is for an INSTRUCTOR certificate, and therefore does not count. FAA headquarters came up with this one and affirmed it in a legal opinion.
Some FSDO's don't care, but that won't help you at an airline interview...many interviewers know the technically correct answer.
If you have lapsed for this reason,
go find the CFI who endorsed your instructor ride and have him add a BFR in your logbook...the checkride prep would have qualified.
Hey that's great! You're full of great info rickair. So all I have to do is have the instructor simply add the endorsement for a BFR? If he'll do it of course.