It is for reasons of practicality, the commercial
certificate requires more experience and a slightly higher,
although still rather low level of skill to pass the test.

The reason the FAA may have dropped the requirement for a
current medical for the CFI to instruct or renew is that
there is a shortage of experienced instructors and the FAA
wants the experience and wisdom of the old hands to stay
available.



--
James H. Macklin
ATP,CFI,A&P

--
The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
some support
http://www.usdoj.gov/olc/secondamendment2.htm
See http://www.fija.org/ more about your rights and duties.


"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
ups.com...
| Then why is a commercial required in order to get a CFI?
|
| That's a very good question. I believe that is one of the
items they
| "fixed" with the sport CFI (but I don't remember the final
draft).
| However, the FAA has been very clear that instruction is
not flying for
| hire. Maybe its just because the FAA wants CFIs to fly to
commercial
| standards or perhaps the FAA didn't want the bother of
having "private
| CFIs" and "commercial CFIs" (to give commercial
instruction).
|
|
| -Robert
|