Originally Posted by
Cubdriver
Any examination taken for the purpose of adding a new certificate or rating also acts as a binannual flight review; for instrument instructor certs it includes instrument currency as well. I should give ref's but hey it's late Friday evening and there is a cool show on Cessna history running on the tube.
Ooops! Be careful! This is NOT true in the case of an INSTRUCTOR checkride.
The easy solution to this is have the cfi who signed you off for the checkride give you a BFR endorsement based on the checkride prep. You could also get the examiner to give you a BFR endorsement based on the checkride itself.
A CFII ride would not automatically count for an IPC either, IIRC. Actually you would be foolish to show up for a CFII ride without being instrument current! Again your instructor should be able to give you an IPC endorsement based on checkride prep.