Just nit-picking.....

(Robert M. Gary) wrote

The main reason we call it a CFI is because that is what the FAA
prints on the ticket, "Certified Flight Instructor".

Not on my Flight Instructor certificate. To the FAA, I'm just the
holder of Flight Instructor certificate #.......... There is no
instance in FAR 61, 91 or 141 where the FAA uses the term "certified".
Part 141 is the only remaining part where the FAA has not replaced
the phrase "Certificated Flight Instructor" with "Authorized Flight
Instructor".

Nowadays a CFI is a different ticket, different piece of paper in
your pocket from your pilot's cert.

I don't have a CFI, nor a ticket, but I do posess a Flight Instructor
certificate.

Older Airman Certificates used to state that..............
"This certifies that.......has been found to be properly qualified to
exercise the privilege of........."

Newer certificates simply state
"...........has ben found to be properly qualified to exercise the
privilege of............".


We don't refer to Private Pilots as "CPP"s, Certificated or Certified
Private Pilots even though, just as Flight Instructors, they all hold
FAA Airman Certificates.

Bob Moore
Flight Instructor (FAA certificated)
Airline Transport Pilot (FAA certificated)