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Old March 19th 04, 11:22 PM
Bill Zaleski
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Let's not make this more difficult that it is. Just check the
limitations section of the FAR's pertaining to flight instructors.
Determine the category and class aircraft that you intend to get into
and perform some type of flight instructor duty in, be it instruction,
flight review, IPC, whatever. If you don't hold that same category
and class rating on both your pilot and instructor certificate, you
can't do it. This also applies to the class rating you hold
instrument privileges in on you pilot cert. If you are not multi IFR
rated, you can't give any type of instruction in a multi, even if it's
instrument instruction. You must hold a sea rating inorder to give
ANY type of instruction in a sea class airplane. It's pretty clear in
FAR 61.195 (b) & (c) Both of these sections must be considered, not
just one of them. Ask your FSDO. There is no loophole or grey area
here.



On 19 Mar 2004 14:02:17 -0800, (Doug)
wrote:

One scenario you have not considered. A CFII with no Seaplane RATING
giving instrument instruction in a Seaplane (the student has a
Seaplane rating).
Legal? I think so. Advisable? I don't see a problem with it.

(Michael) wrote in message . com...
"Richard Kaplan" wrote
I agree that on first glance this would prohibit me from providing flight
instruction in a twin because both my pilot certificate and my instructor
certificate would need to contain both the Category Airplane and the Class
Single-Engine Land. Yet if this is true, then how can there exist flight
instructor certificates which only state "Instrument Airplane" because a
strict interpretation of the above would render such an instructor
certificate useless.


I concur that strict interpretation would render a CFI-IA with no
other ratings useless. In reality, we know the rule is not
interpreted that way. So once again the rules are not clear.

You may be right, but this would be meaningless.

Meaningless but legal -- yes, I agree. Again, I am not proposing I or any
other single-engine CFI do this. It just seems to be a loophole in the
FARS, probably a dangerous loophole at that.


No, my point is that this loophole - a non-multiengine CFII giving
dual in a sim configured as a twin for purposes of an IPC - is not
dangerous at all. For purposes of legality, an IPC given in a single
also covers you in a twin. The only difference between the single and
twin IPC is the engine-out stuff; otherwise the twin flies just like a
complex single. So my point is that the loophole would allow you to
teach and evaluate the multiengine portion of the ICC, and you
probably could not do that competently, but it's not required anyway.

So the question would be - is the sim training ground or flight
training? If it's ground training, then an IGI would be an authorized
instructor and this would be legal. If it's flight training, then he
would not be authorized and it wouldn't be legal.

It is ground training but the ground training can serve as a legal IPC so it
does seem to be a loophole again as I understand it.


Now this is a dangerous loophole - all you need to do to be an IGI is
take two written multiple-guess tests. I would imagine this would be
well within the capability of most professionals with no flight
experience at all...

Michael


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Old March 20th 04, 03:39 PM
Richard Kaplan
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"Bill Zaleski" wrote in message
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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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Old March 20th 04, 11:03 PM
Bill Zaleski
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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

www.flyimc.com


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Old March 20th 04, 11:41 PM
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Thanks for the clarification.


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Old March 25th 04, 04:06 AM
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If as you say the pilot did take a practical test (flight test) for any
added rating, then they met the requirement for a BFR. End of story. I
have been in this business since 1965.

Second question. Is a Flight Instructor certificate the same as a pilot
certificate. NO! It even has a different number. ie. It has the letters
CFI at the end of the certificate number. Way back when I was a little guy,
there were Flight Instructor "Ratings" on pilot certificates. That ended in
the early sixties I think. There was also a time when anyone with an
Instrument rating on their pilot certificate was also a Instrument flight
instructor. Long gone. Don't get ramped and tell the Feds that you left
your Pilot certificate at home, but you have your Flight instructor
certificate with you and that will cover. Wont work.

Tom
"Mark Manes" wrote in message
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"Michael" wrote in message
om...
"C J Campbell" wrote
It may be your policy, but it does not really follow the regs. Yes, I

know
the argument that the instructor certificate is not a pilot

certificate,
but
it sure gets treated as a pilot certificate for all other purposes. I

also
know that the policy varies from one FSDO to another.


Actually, it varies from one inspector to another.

Not too long ago, we had a jumpship crash. The pilot did all the
right things, but when the engine of a heavy single fails in the climb
at 400 ft, you just don't have many options. The field was wet and
rough, and there was substantial damage but no injuries. The accident
was reported, and the investigation delegated to the FAA. The pilot
made the mistake of noting that he never seems to hear of automobile
engines having catastrophic failures, but certified airplane engines
fail with depressing regularity. Next thing you know, he's written up
for flying with an expired BFR - enven though he had taken his CFII
ride only a few months ago. Your tax dollars at work.

I also know that most
examiners will sign the ride off as a BFR if you ask them to do that.


That's another gray area, worse than the original.

61.56 Flight review.
(a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (f) of this section, a
flight
review consists of a minimum of 1 hour of flight training and 1 hour
of ground
training.

The FAA is pretty adamant that a checkride is not instruction.


But a checkride does count as a BFR

" 61.56 Flight Review
(d) A person who has, within the period specified in paragraph (c) of this
section, passed a pilot proficiency check conducted by and examiner, an
approved pilot check airman, or a US Armed Force, for a pilot certificate,
rating or operating privilege need not accomplish the flight review

required
by this section."

Not sure if CFI checkride counts as above, but adding an instrument rating
does count as a BFR. Adding a Multi Engine or MEI counts as a BFR.

Mark


Personally, I don't understand why the instructor doesn't just sign
the BFR. There's no way I would be comfortable signing someone off
for a CFI ride and not willing to sign off a BFR.

Michael



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