BaldEagle Posted December 18, 2020 Report Posted December 18, 2020 Decided to commit to getting my CFI/CFII reinstated per 61.199. Any of you worked with someone in this position? I've only got 800+ hours instruction given, mostly private and instrument instruction, and it's been more than a decade since my ratings lapsed. I did a FIRC, and realized that it's been so long I really need to start over from the beginning. Looking for some advice from people that have been through this before. Obviously I need to start with ground school. What's cool these days? I grew up with King Schools back in the day. CFI ground school course followed by CFII ground school course? Sufficient? My preference is to do the CFII check ride. I don't want to think about the flying component until I've brought my knowledge back up to spec, but obviously I'd be looking to do this in my own Mooney. (As there's no avoiding a check ride per 61.199, I did initially consider an MEI (new rating) as that would re-instate everything, but decided it made no sense as I don't have any interest in a 121 / 135 gig, or instructing in twins for that matter, so focusing on CFI/I only. Just putting that out there in case this comes up as a suggestion).
carusoam Posted December 18, 2020 Report Posted December 18, 2020 Let’s speed the process and invite a few CFIIs to the party.... @midlifeflyer @donkaye @mike_elliott @DanM20C I’m sure there are several more.... Good luck firing up the old books! Best regards, -a-
RobertGary1 Posted December 18, 2020 Report Posted December 18, 2020 Fortunately I’ve not allowed mine to lapse but a friend of mine just did his reinstatement. He choose cfii as the easiest ride. Went to one of those cfi factories. I won’t mention the name because I think the owner is part scammer. But it worked for him.
Immelman Posted December 18, 2020 Report Posted December 18, 2020 (edited) I would do the MEI as it is an easy add-on, and then self-study, or hire a CFI (well, one that isn't threatened by competition) to get you back up to speed on the rest. Apparently the FAA has this newfangled "ACS" to pay attention to now-a-days. With that said I do not have first-hand knowledge of a reinstatement, I've kept mine alive with a FIRC. Edited December 18, 2020 by Immelman
Jerry 5TJ Posted December 18, 2020 Report Posted December 18, 2020 Although you do not have to take the knowledge test again you could use the Sheppardair CFI and CFII software to review. The software is good at identifying areas you need to review or learn. And they are not expensive. 1
midlifeflyer Posted December 19, 2020 Report Posted December 19, 2020 I've always kept mine but have spoken with both examiners and pilots who did it. Actually almost did a renewal ride one year instead of an FIRC. Start with the renewal/reinstatement task table in the current CFI PTS. You will see it's a relatively small subset of the full checkride. Many DPEs tend to be more relaxed about it, recognizing the pilot has already been through the mill. Maybe even more than initial certificates and ratings, this is a time to know something about your DPE. 1
mike_elliott Posted December 19, 2020 Report Posted December 19, 2020 On 12/17/2020 at 7:50 PM, carusoam said: Let’s speed the process and invite a few CFIIs to the party.... @midlifeflyer @donkaye @mike_elliott @DanM20C I’m sure there are several more.... Good luck firing up the old books! Best regards, -a- I am excluded from responding as while I am old, I am not yet grizzled.... 2
RobertGary1 Posted December 19, 2020 Report Posted December 19, 2020 3 hours ago, midlifeflyer said: I've always kept mine but have spoken with both examiners and pilots who did it. Actually almost did a renewal ride one year instead of an FIRC. Start with the renewal/reinstatement task table in the current CFI PTS. You will see it's a relatively small subset of the full checkride. Many DPEs tend to be more relaxed about it, recognizing the pilot has already been through the mill. Maybe even more than initial certificates and ratings, this is a time to know something about your DPE. Idk. I think the Cfi one is harder than cfii. I’d use the cfii. -Robert
midlifeflyer Posted December 19, 2020 Report Posted December 19, 2020 52 minutes ago, RobertGary1 said: Idk. I think the Cfi one is harder than cfii. I’d use the cfii. -Robert I don't disagree. Either way its a shorter ride and he tasks are pretty simple. Which is harder is probably more a function of what the pilot has been doing in the interim.
Planegary Posted December 19, 2020 Report Posted December 19, 2020 CFI is definitly harder than CFII. '\,go with the CFII
kortopates Posted December 19, 2020 Report Posted December 19, 2020 If I was grizzled, between the CFI and CFII, I would probably say, I'd go with which one I wanted to brush up the most so that when I was done it would have the most value to me in terms of what I wanted to use. The easier one would be the most easy to pick up independently and/or with some dual. But that would just be an ungrizzled me 2
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