Certified Flight Instrument Instructor
Certification
Flight Instructor Certificate The Flight
Instructor Certificate/Ratings allow you to teach students how
to fly and train other pilots to help them earn their pilot
certificate(s) and rating(s). A Commercial Pilot Certificate and
an Instrument Rating are required to act as a flight instructor.
You are also required to hold at least a Second-Class Medical
Certificate.
There are three types of flight
instructor certificates:
1. Certified Flight Instructor (CFI)
Certificate – allows you to teach students pursuing their
Private - Commercial Pilot Certificates.
2. Certified Flight Instrument
Instructor (CFII) Certificate - allows you to teach students
pursuing their Instrument Rating.
3. Multi-Engine Instructor (MEI)
Certificate – allows you to teach students pursuing their
Multi-Engine Rating.
For more details about the prerequisites
and requirements to obtain a Flight Instructor Certificate and
Ratings, browse the FAA’s FARs Database and search for the
following links below:
Subpart H--Flight Instructors
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61.181
Applicability. |
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61.183
Eligibility requirements. |
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61.185
Aeronautical knowledge. |
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61.187 Flight
proficiency. |
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61.189 Flight
instructor records. |
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61.191 Additional
flight instructor ratings. |
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61.193 Flight
instructor endorsements and authorizations. |
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61.195 Flight
instructor limitations and qualifications. |
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61.197 Renewal of
flight instructor certificates. |
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61.199 Expired
flight instructor certificates and ratings. |
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61.201 Conversion
to the current flight instructor ratings. |
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