Covsting, the PPL and CFI renewal are two totally different ballgame.

Mufaza, I've only taken the online course, so I can't speak for the FIRC, but it's hard to beat the online course if you're already an active instructor that's in the mix. Now if I was a guy that didn't do much dual and wanted some good updates, I've heard the FIRC's are really good also. I'm just cheap.