Originally Posted by
CAirBear
If it has expired you are F’d. It requires you doing the entire CFI checkride again. The 3-5 hour oral, then the flying portion. All of it.
i know not everyone has the same experience, but I had to do a reinstatement. The entire process took about 3 hours... and that includes going out to eat with the examiner and his previous student. The actual flight was about .4 on the Hobbs.