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Use this syllabus/outline as a guide when training for your initial flight instructor certificate

A few important notes:
TLAR method of flying - That looks about right
PAC method of flying - The PAC method simply states that power + attitude + configuration = performance.

The FAA talks about PAC when explaining the go around. Click here for the pages from the Airplane Flying Handbook.

I highly recommend that you take the Gleim FIRC, see link below. This is only $99 and you will get the best training in preparation for your checkride. This will teach you a lot about being a CFI, IACRA, the FAA, and much more. When you sign up for it, where it asks for your CFI number, put your pilot certificate number followed by CFI.

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Taken from: https://www.faa.gov/training_testing/testing/test_standards/media/FAA-S-8081-6D.pdf June 2012 (Effective December 1, 2012)

GROUND PORTION

I. Fundamentals of Instructing (E and one other task)
Task A: Human Behavior and Effective Communication
Task B: The Learning Process
Task C: The Teaching Process
Task D: Assessment and Critique
Task E: Instructor Responsibilities and Professionalism
Task F: Techniques of Flight Instruction
Task G: Risk Management

II. Technical Subject Areas ( B, M, and at least one other task)
Task A: Aeromedical Factors
Task B: Runway Incursion Avoidance
Task C: Visual Scanning and Collision Avoidance
Task D: Principles of Flight
Task E: Airplane Flight Controls
Task F: Airplane Weight and Balance
Task G: Navigation and Flight Planning
Task H: Night Operations
Task I: High Altitude Operations
Task J: 14 CFR and Publications
Task K: National Airspace System
Task L: Navigation Systems and Radar Services
Task M: Logbook Entries and Certificate Endorsements

III. Preflight Preparation (At least one task)
Task A: Certificates and Documents
Task B: Weather Information
Task C: Operation of Systems
Task D: Performance and Limitations
Task E: Airworthiness Requirements

IV. Preflight Lesson on a Maneuver to be Performed in Flight
Task A: Maneuver Lesson

FLIGHT PORTION

V. Preflight Procedures (At least one task)
Task A: Preflight Inspection
Task B: Cockpit Management
Task C: Engine Starting
Task D: Taxiing—Landplane
Task G: Before Takeoff Check

VI. Airport and Seaplane Base Operations (At least one task)
Task A: Radio Communications and ATC Light Signals
Task B: Traffic Patterns
Task C: Airport, Runway & Taxiway Signs, Markings, & Lighting

VII. Takeoffs, Landings, and Go-Arounds (At least two takeoff and two landing task)
Task A: Normal and Crosswind Takeoff and Climb
Task B: Short-Field Takeoff and Maximum Performance Climb
Task C: Soft-Field Takeoff and Climb
Task F: Normal and Crosswind Approach and Landing
Task G: Slip to a Landing
Task H: Go-Around/Rejected Landing
Task I: Short-Field Approach and Landing
Task J: Soft-Field Approach and Landing
Task K: Power-Off 180° Accuracy Approach and Landing

VIII. Fundamentals of Flight (At least one task)
Task A: Straight-and-Level Flight
Task B: Level Turns
Task C: Straight Climbs and Climbing Turns
Task D: Straight Descents and Descending Turns

IX. Performance Maneuvers (Select A or B and then C or D)
Task A: Steep Turns
Task B: Steep Spirals
Task C: Chandelles
Task D: Lazy Eights

X. Ground Reference Maneuvers (Select D and one other task)
Task A: Rectangular Course
Task B: S-Turns across a Road
Task C: Turns Around a Point
Task D: Eights on Pylons

XI. Slow Flight, Stalls, and Spins (Everyone must do slow flight. Must select B or C and then must select D, E, F, or H and then must select G)
Task A: Maneuvering During Slow Flight
Task B: Power-On Stalls (Proficiency)
Task C: Power-Off Stalls (Proficiency)
Task D: Cross-controlled Stalls (Demonstration)
Task E: Elevator Trim Stalls (Demonstration)
Task F: Secondary Stalls (Demonstration)
Task G: Spins
Task H: Accelerated Maneuver Stalls (Demonstration)

XII. Basic Instrument Maneuvers (Must select at least one task)
Task A: Straight-and-Level Flight
Task B: Constant Airspeed Climbs
Task C: Constant Airspeed Descents
Task D: Turns to Headings
Task E: Recovery from Unusual Flight Attitudes

XIII. Emergency Operations (Must select at least A AND B)
Task A: Emergency Approach and Landing (Simulated)
Task B: Systems and Equipment Malfunctions
Task C: Emergency Equipment and Survival Gear
Task D: Emergency Descent

XIV. Postflight Procedures (Must select A)
Task A: Postflight Procedure











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