To revalidate or renew the validity of your balloon instructor certificate, you need to complete the Balloon Instructor refresher training. The FI(B) refresher training should be held in the form of a seminar. Such seminars made available in Member States should have due regard to geographical location, number of participants, and frequency throughout the territory of the Member State concerned.
This competency-based refresher seminar are driven by an experienced instructors currently involved with flying training and with a practical understanding of the revalidation requirements and current instructional techniques.