Best place for initial CFI
#21
On Reserve
Joined APC: Mar 2012
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#23
I did my initial CFI the more traditional way and did my CFII & Mei at ATP. I didn't learn really anything from them, in fact they shoveled a gouge at me and told me to just memorize it. What a load of crap. I just studied everything like I normally do; out of the PTS. But the check rides were exactly the way the gouges were. Cash cow is exactly it.
#24
USMC, I agree with your general thought that FAA internal monitoring would tend to flag the erring FSDOs, but there also is no reason for all these rumors alleging the same. I have heard the kinds of rumors from disparate angles over the years which suggests to me at least some of them are true. Neither argument has data, so it remains inconclusive. We need to see the data collected internally by the FAA which I doubt we will because applicants would misuse it to go to the easiest exam and undermine the test process. By the same token, a sincere albeit unfair inspector could easily go undetected a long time, as no one outside the FAA knows any pass rates. Plus there is no law saying what is a correct pass rate anyway. They could pass nobody at all, and who is ot say it is not right? Congress? I can definitely see room for inconsistency in the performance of any unmonitored organization such as this one.
#25
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Joined APC: Nov 2006
Posts: 193
I did my initial CFI the more traditional way and did my CFII & Mei at ATP. I didn't learn really anything from them, in fact they shoveled a gouge at me and told me to just memorize it. What a load of crap. I just studied everything like I normally do; out of the PTS. But the check rides were exactly the way the gouges were. Cash cow is exactly it.
#29
New Hire
Joined APC: Jan 2012
Posts: 4
Come to Northway Aviation at KPAE, where Boeing builds the 787. We do the initial CFI checkride in our twin engine Beech Duchess. That way you are an MEI and within a day or two you can do the single-engine add on.
The pass rate for initial CFI is low but doesn't need to be. Study hard on the FOI, FAR's, CFI responsibilities and do not go to the 10 day schools.
The pass rate for initial CFI is low but doesn't need to be. Study hard on the FOI, FAR's, CFI responsibilities and do not go to the 10 day schools.
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