Last updated July 2023
One of your students named Bob (now a private pilot) comes to you and briefs you on one of his upcoming trips. He is renting a Cessna 172 for this trip. He tells you that he and 4 of his friends are going to KLNS for a concert. The trip was Bob's idea. He plans to fly from KFDK to KLNS with 3 of his friends and then return to KFDK to pickup the 4th one. Bob reasons with you that the flight should be legal as long as it was his idea and they all pay their pro rata share of the expenses, including Bob. He is not charging (they are just paying their share of the expenses) anyone for the flight and it was his idea. Bob wants your confirmation that this is in compliance with the FARs.
You are a new CFI at a busy FAR Part 141 flight school. You have been given a new student that has come to the school to earn all of his ratings up to Commercial Pilot ASEL and AMEL. Both you and the student are from different countries and English is not either of your native language. Your student is very smart and has memorized most of the FARs and most of the material from the FAA's Airplane Flying Handbook. However he has problems using the knowledge to the understanding, application, and correlation level of learning. He has already failed his Private Pilot Practical Test due to the fact that he cannot apply his knowledge to the application and/or correlation level of learning. Please explain to me how you will proceed with this student in preparing him for the Private Pilot Practical Test.
Here is an 8710 to review. Let me know if this is ready to submit. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XvVm7p ... JxYNN/view
Show me the endorsements required for a student pilot's initial solo.
Explain to me the process that you will do to signup a new student in IACRA for their student pilot certificate.
You have a commercial pilot applicant that is about to take his checkride, here is his pilot certificate https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-6j-_4 ... jcDp-/view Is this 8710 ready to submit? https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Az5eWR ... zBQPD/view
Please research the questions in this stall quiz and be prepared to discuss them on the test https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AgM5x3 ... t8nOA/view
Teaching the importance of using checklist! Here is an accident that happened because the crew did not use the checklist and forgot to put in flaps for takeoff https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest ... Flight_255
Using this POH, let me know if we can fly this plane on a day IFR flight in instrument conditions with the aircraft position lights inop. Here is the POH https://drive.google.com/file/d/148oVeA ... 69Qmg/view
As a flight instructor, you are a mentor. You will meet many new pilots during your career. And you will make an impact on many of them. Here is an article by Harry of his most memorable experience in aviation https://flymall.org/blog/2020/04/my-mos ... -aviation/
Please prepare a lesson plan on Crossed Controlled Stalls. You will teach this maneuver during the flight portion of your practical test.
Is there ever a time when you may want to intentionally land gear up? Here is an article that Harry wrote on the subject https://flymall.org/docs/HK05022012/GearUpOrDown.pdf