Originally Posted by
joepilot
From my reading of the regulations, you do not need a flight instructor sign-off or recommendation to take the practical test for reinstatement.
Joe
True, but under the circumstances the OP most likely needs the refresher training and shouldn't take the ride unless a competent CFI (which is to say not the one he has now) thinks he's ready.
If it were me I'd take the CFI-I ride instead... even though the jet is all glass I at least do fly instrument procedures when I go to work. As opposed to chandelles, lazy-8's, etc.