CFIcast #008 - CFIs on Flight reviews, check rides, and IPCs - CFIs on Pilot Examiners - Certified Flight Instructor Aviation Podcast - 2007.07.19
Enjoy listening and learning as you eavesdrop on the Hangar Flying conversation with Certified Flight Instructors!
The CFIcast #8 CFI panel:
- Your host: Rick Durden, CFI, Aviation lawyer and author of "The Pilot's Lounge" column on AvWeb.com and articles for AOPA Pilot and Aviation Safety, from Grand Rapids, Michigan
- Tony Condon, CFI, student and glider pilot & instructor from Ames, Iowa
- Ron Levy, CFI, a Professional Instrument Courses - P.I.C 10 day course instructor from Maryland
- Dr. Judy Parrish-Jones, Ph.D., CFI professor of Geological Sciences and former Dean of Sciences at the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho
Topics discussed by CFIcast Certified Flight Instructor panel:
- CFIs on what to expect on a flight review
- FAA Advisory Circular 61.98A
- How CFIs evaluate a pilot
- Make the review match the kind of flying the pilot does
- Evaluate the pilot's knowledge of new issues on regulations like stadium TFRs
- Ask the pilot what they would like to review
- How long does a flight review take?
- Do a pre-review interview
- Common problem areas that should be covered
- Maintaining control on landing
- Landings and takeoffs on short, narrow, and/or grass fields
- Using too much runway
- Even flying straight and level
- How many flight reviews end in one session?
- How do pilots evaluate their own competence?
- Pilots who try to intimidate the CFI
- The instrument Practical Test Standards
- Ron: The flight review is a training event. The IPC is a check ride.
- Tony: Crank up the stress on the IPC
- Rick: The FAA regulations are only the minimum standards. Should we have tougher standards?
- FAA FAR 61.57 on the Instrument Proficiency Check
- CFIs get to know the DPEs
- Does the CFI talk to DPE before the checkride?
- Pick a DPE that is nearby?
- Should the CFI brief the student on what the DPE asks?
- CFIs sharing DPE evaluations
- DPEs who don't do checkrides "by the book"
- The CFI keeping tabs on the applicant's practical test
- "Maverick" DPEs -Are there active DPEs who should be disciplined?
- Should the CFI be concerned if the DPE doesn't seem to cover everything?
Recorded Thursday, July 19, 2007 - 01:02:13 - 28.5MB
Theme Song: "Learn to Fly" by Josh Woodward
Song: "Flying Away" by Empyrion from the State of
Washington
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