New CFI renewal rules
10-05-2024, 04:47 PM
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New CFI renewal rules
Just doing a little research as my CFI expiration is Nov 30, 2024. I'm not an active CFI but I have always kept it current because I never wanted to do another checkride. I'm a current 121 "line pilot"--that is to say, not a "check pilot".
I'm just now learning that effective Dec 01, 2024, CFI certifcates will no longer expire but there's a short list of activities that will keep them current. My source was essentially this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLEuYYJDhkE
What I gather is that now, if I ever wanted to actively instruct again, all I would need to do is complete a FIRC and submit an 8710 and then my CFI is current again. Alternatively, I could also serve as a 121/135 check pilot to regain CFI currency.
Do I understand all of that correctly? Anyone have any details I may have missed? Thanks.
I'm just now learning that effective Dec 01, 2024, CFI certifcates will no longer expire but there's a short list of activities that will keep them current. My source was essentially this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLEuYYJDhkE
What I gather is that now, if I ever wanted to actively instruct again, all I would need to do is complete a FIRC and submit an 8710 and then my CFI is current again. Alternatively, I could also serve as a 121/135 check pilot to regain CFI currency.
Do I understand all of that correctly? Anyone have any details I may have missed? Thanks.
10-05-2024, 10:34 PM
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Just doing a little research as my CFI expiration is Nov 30, 2024. I'm not an active CFI but I have always kept it current because I never wanted to do another checkride. I'm a current 121 "line pilot"--that is to say, not a "check pilot".
I'm just now learning that effective Dec 01, 2024, CFI certifcates will no longer expire but there's a short list of activities that will keep them current. My source was essentially this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLEuYYJDhkE
What I gather is that now, if I ever wanted to actively instruct again, all I would need to do is complete a FIRC and submit an 8710 and then my CFI is current again. Alternatively, I could also serve as a 121/135 check pilot to regain CFI currency.
Do I understand all of that correctly? Anyone have any details I may have missed? Thanks.
I'm just now learning that effective Dec 01, 2024, CFI certifcates will no longer expire but there's a short list of activities that will keep them current. My source was essentially this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLEuYYJDhkE
What I gather is that now, if I ever wanted to actively instruct again, all I would need to do is complete a FIRC and submit an 8710 and then my CFI is current again. Alternatively, I could also serve as a 121/135 check pilot to regain CFI currency.
Do I understand all of that correctly? Anyone have any details I may have missed? Thanks.
The TLDR is your next ticket will not have an expiration date on it but you will still need to do a FIRC every 2 years just like you have been doing.
In essence all it really means is they aren't going to send you a fresh new license every two years, it will fade and start to become illegible like my flight engineer license.
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You still need to do a FIRC if you are not actively teaching and if you let your certificate (which has no expiration date on it) lapse by NOT doing a FIRC or one of the other recently of experience qualifiers then you will have to take a check ride to get your privileges back. The only change there is a 3 month grace period instead of it being instant death the day after it expires.
The TLDR is your next ticket will not have an expiration date on it but you will still need to do a FIRC every 2 years just like you have been doing.
In essence all it really means is they aren't going to send you a fresh new license every two years, it will fade and start to become illegible like my flight engineer license.
The TLDR is your next ticket will not have an expiration date on it but you will still need to do a FIRC every 2 years just like you have been doing.
In essence all it really means is they aren't going to send you a fresh new license every two years, it will fade and start to become illegible like my flight engineer license.
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