CFI Expiration Date
 

I was just signing up on an online CFI refresher course and looked at the expiration date on my certificate. It shows my expiration date as 28 FEB 14, it should be 28 FEB 15. I last renewed my certificate in 2013. The certificate shows the issue date as 18 JAN 13. I just checked my records on the FAA web site. My record there indicates an 28 FEB 2014 expiration date as well. I'm going to call the FSDO tomorrow and see if I can get this straightened out. In the mean time I'm not even sure I can start a refresher course when my records indicate my certificate has already expired. The FAA always says to check new certificates for errors. Now I can use the Joe Pesci (My Cousin Vinny) line, "You was serious about that?"

I hate to say this, but, the FAA is going to say "it took you nine months to see the error?" Best of luck with that. Really.

They may say that, but they will honor the date. If you have AOPA Legal Services plan call them. If you don't, call the 800-USA-AOPA help line, and they can talk you through what to do.

Should be straightened out fairly easy. I had a similar situation with an incorrect date on my medical certificate. Flew around quite awhile before noticing the typo from the doctors office...

Why would they do that? Offices have the discretion of issuing emergency-field issuance of certificates for situations just like this. FSDOs have to do things like this often to correct the mistakes Designated Examiners make on the 8710 forms and temporary certificates.

This may be true, but the responsibility still falls on the individual to catch the error. Whenever I get a new cert., I always proof the cert. to make sure there are no errors. If there are, I get them rectified as soon as possible. Not saying these things can't be fixed. But in the OP's original post, a considerable amount of time had passed before he noticed the error. Hey everybody, don't assume anything when it comes to paperwork etc.

Yes, check your paperwork, I've found errors before.

But in this case I seriously doubt the FAA will do anything besides issue a corrected cert...there was no harm done, the OP was entitled to the privileges he exercised and a typo does not actually invalidate that. A ramp check would have been awkward though...

Even if they wanted to be toolish, the FAA knows that the guy's congressperson would take a dim view of them burning his constituent because of THEIR admin error. Government agencies generally don't set themselves up for that kind of public spectacle.