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online cfig renewal
I need to renew my CFIG, and it runs out before any of the SSF
clinics. So, online we go I'd like to hear recommendations and experience of ras people on the various online options. I'm especially interested in what works for someone like me with only a glider rating, and I want a course that does not make you spend a set amount of time in their lessons. Thanks John Cochrane BB |
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I have used American Flyers for a few renewals. You pay once up front and
from then on there is just a $40 processing fee for the paperwork. Because there is a 16 hr requirement for the training program to be approved by the FAA, you do have to spend 16 hrs reading their course work. The course is divided into smaller sections and each one has a minimum time of reading, then it lets you take the test on that section. You can not get to the later sections until complete each section. The only problem is that it is a generic CFI course so you will have to learn some new things to pass. Last time I used it, it had a section on teaching instrument approaches with GPS; lots of new terms to learn. I find it convenient since I travel a lot. Fred "BB" wrote in message ... I need to renew my CFIG, and it runs out before any of the SSF clinics. So, online we go I'd like to hear recommendations and experience of ras people on the various online options. I'm especially interested in what works for someone like me with only a glider rating, and I want a course that does not make you spend a set amount of time in their lessons. Thanks John Cochrane BB |
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"Fred Blair" wrote in message ... I have used American Flyers for a few renewals. You pay once up front and from then on there is just a $40 processing fee for the paperwork. Because there is a 16 hr requirement for the training program to be approved by the FAA, you do have to spend 16 hrs reading their course work. The course is divided into smaller sections and each one has a minimum time of reading, then it lets you take the test on that section. You can not get to the later sections until complete each section. I have used American Flyers for all of my CFIG renewals. It is the biggest bargain out there. Yes, their course is not targeted for us, so it covers some things that are not 100% necessary for soaring, but it is difficult to argue that a wider knowledge base is a bad thing, right? The 16 hour thing is set by the FAA, but (hint) your computer allows you to "multitask". Vaughn |
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I've only used the Gleim online but have heard it is the least painful.
You can open the study page and the question page at the same time and the time limit isn't rigidly built in. Or so I'm told I always spend at least 16 hours studying and take the tests closed book. At 15:48 22 October 2008, Vaughn Simon wrote: "Fred Blair" wrote in message ... I have used American Flyers for a few renewals. You pay once up front and from then on there is just a $40 processing fee for the paperwork. Because there is a 16 hr requirement for the training program to be approved by the FAA, you do have to spend 16 hrs reading their course work. The course is divided into smaller sections and each one has a minimum time of reading, then it lets you take the test on that section. You can not get to the later sections until complete each section. I have used American Flyers for all of my CFIG renewals. It is the biggest bargain out there. Yes, their course is not targeted for us, so it covers some things that are not 100% necessary for soaring, but it is difficult to argue that a wider knowledge base is a bad thing, right? The 16 hour thing is set by the FAA, but (hint) your computer allows you to "multitask". Vaughn |
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If you have signed off 5 initial students for their checkride, and
have an 80% pass rate, you can take those appropriate records to your local FSDO office and they will renew your license. Even after the online stuff or the FSDO office you still have to do a Flight Review. Finding a DPE or someone from the FSDO office to fly with may save the most amount of time. You can get the CFIG renewal and flight review all done at once. At least that is what I do. |
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On Oct 22, 11:02*am, g l i d e r s t u d
wrote: If you have signed off 5 initial students for their checkride, and have an 80% pass rate, you can take those appropriate records to your local FSDO office and they will renew your license. Even after the online stuff or the FSDO office you still have to do a Flight Review. Finding a DPE or someone from the FSDO *office to fly with may save the most amount of time. You can get the CFIG renewal and flight review all done at once. This is the best answer yet. Before the local FSDO glider examiner retired I used to get a hold of him and we would have the whole thing done in one afternoon. I have also done the Gliem course and found it to be most usefull. I learn new stuff every time. FKBaum |
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At 15:48 22 October 2008, Vaughn Simon wrote:
"Fred Blair" wrote in message ... I have used American Flyers for a few renewals. You pay once up front and from then on there is just a $40 processing fee for the paperwork. Because there is a 16 hr requirement for the training program to be approved by the FAA, you do have to spend 16 hrs reading their course work. The course is divided into smaller sections and each one has a minimum time of reading, then it lets you take the test on that section. You can not get to the later sections until complete each section. I have used American Flyers for all of my CFIG renewals. It is the biggest bargain out there. Yes, their course is not targeted for us, so it covers some things that are not 100% necessary for soaring, but it is difficult to argue that a wider knowledge base is a bad thing, right? The 16 hour thing is set by the FAA, but (hint) your computer allows you to "multitask". Vaughn Could you please give me the american flyers web site. Thanks, Sam |
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On Oct 30, 9:15*pm, Sam Giltner wrote:
At 15:48 22 October 2008, Vaughn Simon wrote: "Fred Blair" *wrote in message ... I have used American Flyers for a few renewals. *You pay once up front and from then on there is just a $40 processing fee for the paperwork. Because there is a 16 hr requirement for the training program to be approved by the FAA, you do have to spend 16 hrs reading their course work. The course is divided into smaller sections and each one has a minimum time of reading, then it lets you take the test on that section. *You can not get to the later sections until complete each section. * *I have used American Flyers for all of my CFIG renewals. *It is the biggest bargain out there. *Yes, their course is not targeted for us, so it covers some things that are not 100% necessary for soaring, but it is difficult to argue that a wider knowledge base is a bad thing, right? *The 16 hour thing is set by the FAA, but (hint) your computer allows you to "multitask". Vaughn Could you please give me the american flyers web site. Thanks, Sam www.americanflyers.net |
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"Fred" wrote in message ... On Oct 30, 9:15 pm, Sam Giltner wrote: Could you please give me the american flyers web site. Thanks, Sam www.americanflyers.net This one is the specific page for CFI renewal: http://www.americanflyers.net/cfi_renewal.htm#firc Vaughn |
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On Oct 22, 7:27*am, BB wrote:
I need to renew my CFIG, and it runs out before any of the SSF clinics. So, online we go I'd like to hear recommendations and experience of ras people on the various online options. I'm especially interested in what works for someone like me with only a glider rating, and I want a course that does not make you spend a set amount of time in their lessons. Thanks John Cochrane BB Although there may be a slight gap, I believe there's one scheduled for Chicago in late January 2009. The soaring season gap starts in that area soon, doesn't it? Also, I'm told the SSF FIRC's are now approved as part of a non-CFI-G FIRC's, so if there's an instructor you know that wants to expand their flight knowledge envelope, you might nudge them to attend. Frank Whiteley |
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