Category and class does NOT necessarily go on the instructor
certificate. You never see "sea" on one. You must, however, have the
specific class on your pilot certificate for the aircraft you intend
to give instruction in, even if it's instrument instruction. If you
don't hold multi and instrument priviliges on BOTH of your
certificates, you can't give ANY instrument instruction in multi's.
The reason that reference is made to category and class with respect
to flight instructor certificates in the exception in that an
instrument- rotorcraft helicopter rating on an instructor certificate
does not include gyroplane, since it doesn't exist. The same reg
references the need for a type rating, if appropriate, but of course
that doesn't exist either on CFI certificates. You must however, hold
the type rating on the pilot cert in order to give any instruction in
such an aircraft. Again, there is no gray area. FAR 61.195 (b)
(aircraft ratings) is clear that you must comply with both provisions
in entirety, not just one of them. The pre-1997 wording of the FAR
was a grey area loophole that has been plugged.


On Sat, 20 Mar 2004 14:39:37 GMT, "Richard Kaplan"
wrote:




"Bill Zaleski" wrote in message
.. .

Let's not make this more difficult that it is. Just check the
limitations section of the FAR's pertaining to flight instructors.

I agree this is what the FARs say. However, the FAA then breaks its own
rules when they issue CFII-only certificates bearing "Instrument Airplane"
as the category/class description since "Instrument Airplane" is not a
category/class yet the FARs say an instructor can only instructor in the
category/class on his instructor certificate.


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Richard Kaplan, CFII

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