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Being an aviation instructor is a very important role. Compared to other instructor certificates such as CRI or IRI an FI(A) certificate allows gradual career progression by expanding your privileges. Initially you will be restricted to teach towards the EASA PPL(A) on SEP(land). Once you have completed at least 100 hours of flight instruction and 25 supervised solo flights, the privileges of the FI(A) become unrestricted.

Further career progression allows you to teach towards multi-engine aeroplanes, to provide instrument instruction or even to train the trainers at the latter stage. The FI(A) training is however a bit longer and more complex compared to the specific instructor certificates such as IRI or CRI.

 

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Overview

FI(A) training overview

The aim of the Flight Instructor training course is to bring your competency up to the standard required for the role of a flight instructor.  The FI(A) training course is designed in the way to provide adequate training to the future FI(A) instructor in theoretical knowledge instruction and flight instruction to instruct for SEP(land) class rating for which you are qualified.

The Flight Instructor training course consists of two parts:

  • Part 1: 125 hours of Theoretical knowledge instruction including Teaching and learning iaw AMC1 FCL.920;
  • Part 2: 30 hours of Flight Instruction;

The FI(A) training is followed by the FI(A) assessment of competence with EASA Flight Instructor Examiner. The validity of the Flight Instructor is 3 years. To revalidate your FI you need to comply with FCL.940.FI.

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Prerequisites

As an applicant for multi-engine Flight Instructor certificate you have to be a holder of the EASA flight crew license and valid SEP(land) class rating. In addition, you have to meet following:

  • 10 hours of instrument instruction (IR, BIR, EIR and BIFM is sufficient);
  • 20 hours of VFR cross-country as pilot-in-command;

You have to be a holder of CPL(A) or ATPL(A). If you are a holder of PPL(A) you have to pass at CPL(A) or ATPL(A) theoretical knowledge exams. Otherwise your FI(A) will be restricted to LAPL(A) instruction only.

As a PPL(A) holder you have to complete at least:

  • 200 hours of flight time on aeroplanes or TMGs, of which 150 hours as PIC;
  • 30 hours on SEP(land) aeroplane of which at least 5 hours shall have been within 6 months preceding FI(A) training
  • VFR cross-country as PIC and 300 NM long cross-country flight;

Before you are enrolled into the FI(A) training, you have to pass a specific pre-entry flight test with ProfiPilot Training's Senior Instructor. Pre-entry FI(A) flight test is based on the proficiency check for SEP(land) class rating.

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T & L

The Teaching and Learning and additional 100 hours of theoretical knowledge instruction of the FI(A) training course is called Part 1 of FI(A) course. This module is about the Training philosophy and Fundamentals of instruction. The module is equal for all EASA instructor certificates. It means if you hold or have held any EASA instructor certificate you will be credited in full towards this module.

The Teaching and Learning module consists of 25 hours of groundschool including the workshops and covers following topics:

  • The learning process
  • The teaching process
  • Training philosophies
  • Techniques of applied instruction
  • Student evaluation and testing
  • Training programme development
  • Human performance and limitations relevant to flight instruction
  • Specific hazards involved in simulating systems failures and malfunctions in the aircraft during flight
  • Training administration
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Briefings

Briefings are essential part of the flight training as whole. You will learn how to prepare and give the briefing including a statement of the aim and a brief allusion to principles of flight. You will be able to give an explanation on how the flight will be conducted, who is to fly the aeroplane and what airmanship, weather and flight safety aspects currently apply. 

You will get used to apply the four basic components of the briefing:

  • aim of the exercise;
  • principles of flight;
  • the air exercise(s);
  • airmanship (weather, flight safety etc.).
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Flying

All the FI(A) course air exercises are similar to those used PPL(A) training but with additional items designed to cover the needs of an FI(A). You will be shown and taught how to construct flight lesson plans.  You will learn how to best use of each flight lesson, combining parts of the set exercises as necessary.

During the FI(A) yourse you will practise the principles of basic instruction at the PPL(A) level. You will become familiar in how to identify common errors and how to correct them properly in timely manner.

The FI(A) course includes 30 hours of flight instruction, of which 25 hours is the dual flight instruction. Up to 5 hours may be the flight time in simulator. Additional 5 hours is a dual instruction with preferably another FI(A) candidate.

 

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  • ICAO English - Aero Language
  • Flight Examiner
  • EASA TRE, Type Rating examiner

AIRBUS A320 TYPE RATING program structure The course consists of Airbus A320 Type Rating (theory and full flight simulator training), followed by Base Training and an optional job interview preparation course.

TOTAL DURATION:

21

days

30

flight hours

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