Professional
Pilot: CFI Rating
What is a Certified Flight Instructor
(CFI) Rating?
A CFI "rating" is not a license
in and of itself. A CFI may be added to an existing commercial pilot license only.
It allows the pilot to instruct ground school and provide flight
instruction to student pilots.
How Much Will it Cost?
The best way to minimize the cost of a CFI Rating is to combine
the costs of the Commercial License and the Instrument Rating
so that the flight requirements overlap. There are no true CFI
minimum requirements listed by the Federal Aviation Regulations
(FAR's); however, to instruct in the Robinson R22, the pilot
must have a minimum of 200 flight hours, with 50 of those hours
in a Robinson R22. Additionally, the pilot must successfully
complete the CFI training course. Lastly, the industry requires
that you complete the Robinson factory safety course.
The training costs contained below assumes no combined curriculum.
The prices listed assume that the pilot already has a Commercial
Pilot license.
For the CFI course it is possible to combine "Left-Seat" instructor
training practice with your Commercial course preparation. This
will produce large savings as the flight time part of the instructor
course can be completed in the price of the Commercial.
Note: The CFI training course requires that the student place much
more effort in the ground study portion of the training. For this
reason, the total time will vary based on the individual home study
effort provided by the student.
How Long Will it Take?
The length of time that is required to complete a CFI rating depends
largely on your ability, motivation to learn and your proficiency
with the English language. Assuming the pilot already has a Commercial
Pilot License, it usually takes about three months to complete
the CFI rating course if a reasonably full schedule is maintained.
What Will I Have to Do?
- Obtain an FAA Commercial Pilot or ATP license.
- Complete ground school or a home study course for the certified
flight instructor rating.
- Log sufficient flight
training
- Pass two (2) FAA written tests.
- Pass an FAA oral and flight
test.
What are the Official Flight Training Requirements?
In order to become a CFI for the Robinson R22, the 2004 Federal
Aviation Regulations (FAR) require the following:
- At least 200
hours of helicopter flight time
- At least 50 hours must be in
a Robinson R22 helicopter
- 3 hours in preparation for the flight
test
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