Obtaining Flight Instructor Certificate

Judah wrote in message . ..
Does a safety pilot have to be Instrument Rated in order to be Safety
Pilot while the PIC is under the hood?

By your logic, that would seem to be the case. But we both know it not to
be the case. Why would a CFI be required to have an instrument rating to
teach Simulated IFR?

A CFI does not need an instrument rating to teach instruments, he must
have an instrument rating to fill out an application for a CFI rating.
A CFI's pilot instrument rating has nothing to do with what he can
teach. For example, a CFI is never required to maintain instrument
currency unless he needs to serve as PIC under IFR (which private
instruction is almost never done under).

-Robert, CFI

Big John wrote in message . ..
Private Pilot requires 3 hours of instruent flight instruction.

Doesn't CFI have to have and instrument rating to teach instrument
flight?

No, there is no requirement for instrument training for a private
applicant. If you read the FARs very carefully, you will see that
private students must receive 3 hours of
"3 hours of flight training in a single-engine airplane on the
control^M
and maneuvering of an airplane solely by reference to instruments"
This intentionally worded different from the instrument training
required by a commerical or instrument applicant. This was done for a
good reason. A CFI without a CFII cannot act "within the priv of his
ticket" while giving instrument training. Luckily, privates don't
require any.

-Robert, CFI