On Apr 10, 12:53 pm, gatt wrote:
wrote:
Passed the CFI checkride with the FAA...

Woohoo! Congratulations!

I'm shooting for late May. Would love to hear your experience about the
oral exam, since that's what all the CFI candidates around the FBO are
sweating over right now. Nobody here has had a chance to see if the FAA
examiners will do things differently than the old hardass DEs.

-c

My FAA Inspector (who I learned after the practical is also an
attorney) had an enormous binder, every page in a sheet protector. He
started at Page 1 -- FOI -- "What is Learning?"

That went on for a while but I was very, very prepared -- half the
time I was correcting the question, "I think you mean, 'What are the
principles of learning?' There are several, including...'"

After a while he was flipping through huge chunks of binder.

Then he asked me a simple nav question. I demonstrating solving on E6B
(manual) and electronically. There were a few "How does and airplane
fly? questions but I was more than ready.

My only feedback for the oral is this - don't prepare for the oral.

Prepare for that first really on-the-ball student who will grill you
"why this?" and "Why that?" or the 1,000 hour guy who finally decides
to get his commercial.

Study until you *understand*, and can explain it to someone else, and
the oral will be a minor speedbump.


Dan Mc