Question for all you CFIs
 

When was the last time you actually flew the plane? How many of those pic hours in your log are actually you flying?

I'm not an active CFI anymore but I would estimate that I actually flew 2%-3% of my CFI time:

1) Rare XC Repositioning Flights
2) Landing/Manuever Demonstrations
3) ILS approaches to get student/PVT pilots back to the patch.
4) 3 Night LDG's every 90 days (company nickel).

Depends on what kind of training you're doing. With new students, you're doing quite a bit. As they get more experienced, you do less. That's one of the reasons I like having students at a variety of different stages. Rickair's assessment is pretty close. I might say a little higher.

None...:D :D :D

Aside from student pilots, the other time CFI's get to fly (and really have some fun), is when teaching CFI applicants. I always enjoyed that- not only because I could go out and actually fly, but also recreate some of the stupid errors that I had seen over my instructing career!

As for me, I haven't flown/logged/instructed in over 5 years, but still make sure to keep that certificate current!

I would say about 5% of the time for me. I find myself getting out of spins about once a week or so (during power on stalls in a 152 usualy), unusual attitudes (I get to practice lazy 8s), and I save a lot of landings. When a student puts on or takes off the hood, I get ten seconds or so then, also. New students, you get to show them things before they do them. Especially commercial students. I show them Lazy 8s and chandelles a few times.

About 2-3% of time. I have to go practice approaches myself, skills tend to get bad if I don't keep up with hand flying the plane. My knowledge of everything is right on but, I found I need to keep sharp the actual skill of flying the plane.

In my experience I would say closer to 10% of my instructing time I was at the controls. We get alot of guys who come to us for their ATP rating and they have never flown a light twin let alone a piston driven aircraft, so I usually demo all of the maneuvers to let them get a sight picture and what they should be doing thorought the maneuver. But to really stay current, I get in our sim alot and fly approaches.

When you first started instructing while flying with me you liked to help me out more than you needed to. I bet you are quite a bit better about that now. :D

I am a much more proficient pilot now then when before I started CFIn. Mostly because I do a lot of discovery flights, and only teach private students (lots of demos). I also just got my tail-wheel endorsement in a J-5 so that helps a lot.