Hi all. I have been an instructor 2 years now and worked all of 2008, but got laid off at the end of the year. I've just got my CFI, no II or MEI. I feel like I'm very far out of the loop because I honestly haven't done a lot of studying since the last job ended. I'd like to know what the best materials to study would be so I can get back up to speed. I have a stack of all my Jepp. books... all of the usual CFI books we all have, but is killing my brain over 1000+ pages of material a good idea? I'm not too concerned with any area in particular but that's the problem, I'm not sure exactly where I'm weak. I'm mostly concerned if there are regs that may have changed since I've been gone.

I've got my CFI renewal coming up soon too so does anybody have any recommendations on the best way to do that?