"buttman" wrote in message
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1) I've always been under the impression that a commercial certificate
is required to get the instructor certificate, but once you have it,
the commercial license is not needed anymore. This explains why you
can still get paid to instruct and sign students off without a valid
medical certificate.

So if you were to forfeit your commercial pilots license, of if the
FAA were to revoke it, you could still sign endorsements and do flight
reviews. Is this correct? If so, whats the point of the words "Must be
accompanied by pilot certificate #XXXXXXX" on the back of the
instructor certificate?

I would take that to mean that your flight instructor certificate is no
longer valid if you forfeit your commercial

Without a current medical certificate (at least third-class) you can't
instruct a pilot that does not have a current medical certificate, current
biennial and at least a private certificate (I am not up on the sport guys
so I may be wrong on the last). If you are a multi-engine instructor you
can not instruct unless the student already has the multi and is current.

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