CFI required?
09-20-2006 | 04:46 PM
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I realize how you can acertain that having a CFI would make you a good check airman, however a check airman is not full instructor.
My father, and many of his friends are all check airmen at one of the majors and not one of them are CFI's.
There are instructors who train the pilots prior to them coming to a check airman either for a check ride in the simulator (no training there, just performing) or their initial operating experience, which is nothing more than going out on a trip with someone who has been doing this for a long time. True, there are things taught on that trip, but those are mostly techniques, and ways to do the job better and more efficiently, not to mention safely.
All those out there without CFI's, don't worry; you have just as good of a chance of being a checkairman as your CFI buddies/co-workers do.
I realize how you can acertain that having a CFI would make you a good check airman, however a check airman is not full instructor.
My father, and many of his friends are all check airmen at one of the majors and not one of them are CFI's.
There are instructors who train the pilots prior to them coming to a check airman either for a check ride in the simulator (no training there, just performing) or their initial operating experience, which is nothing more than going out on a trip with someone who has been doing this for a long time. True, there are things taught on that trip, but those are mostly techniques, and ways to do the job better and more efficiently, not to mention safely.
All those out there without CFI's, don't worry; you have just as good of a chance of being a checkairman as your CFI buddies/co-workers do.
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