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CHIEF'S CORNER
CFI certificate expires on 1/31/2024. My renewal window
is from 10/1/2023 to 1/31/2024. As long as I complete the
renewal course and the paperwork on or after 10/1/2023
and before 1/31/2024, my new CFI certificate will have an
expiration date printed on it of 1/31/2026. However, let me
attempt to dispel the persistent myth that if you complete
the renewal course outside your renewal window, and
submit your paperwork inside that window, you'll keep the
same renewal date. No, it doesn't work that way, sorry to say.
You will end up with a new renewal date based on the date
you signed your application because the FAA requires that
the application must be signed within 90 days of completing
the renewal activity. Please complete your renewal course
and application within your renewal window to eliminate
the chance of getting a new renewal month on your CFI
certificate. (At some point, CFI certificates with printed
expiration dates will become a thing of the past, like the
paper pilot certificate.)
gone. Second, even with the FAA's current turn-around
time of eight to 10 weeks, you'll have your new certificate
before the old one expires. Third, if you're signing learner
applications in IACRA as a recommending instructor, or
doing checkrides as a DPE, the IACRA system will not keep
you from doing these things like it might if you squeeze your
renewal in just under the deadline and then try to work in
the IACRA system the following day.
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However you renew, whether by a FIRC, instructional
activity with an 80-percent pass rate, serving as a company
check pilot, chief flight instructor, company check
airman or flight instructor in a Part 121 or 135 operation,
completing five phases of WINGS with five different pilots,
adding a new instructor rating-or even taking a practical
test for one of your existing ratings (different from a
reinstatement ride)-I would strongly recommend doing it
as early in your renewal window as possible.
Sample renewal window calendar.
There are also some benefits to getting your CFI renewal
done early in the renewal window. First and foremost,
the pressure to get the course done in time and on time is
Just as CFIs must renew their certificates every two
years, FIRC providers must renew their letter of
authorization to offer FIRCs with the FAA every two
years. The Air Safety Institute is in the process
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 14 Issue 2
Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 14 Issue 2
CFItoCFI Newsletter—Volume 14 Issue 2
CFI Notes
From the Editor: Night Flying and Black Hole Departures
Reduce Checkride Rejections—Implement Folder Audits
ASI Message: Simple Stuff—What Am I Messing Up?
CFI News
CFI Tips: Building Block Benefits
New CFI: What's the Rush?—Linger Longer at the Airport
Checkride Checklist: DPE Answers for Students and CFIs
Accident Case Study: Risk Stacking
Chart Challenge: PAVE PAWS
There I Was...: Nosewheel Nightmare
You Can Fly: The 2024 Flight Training Experience Survey—Don't Miss Out!
Safety Quiz: Spatial Disorientation
CFI Tools: Teaching Collision Avoidance Part 2—Gamifying Situational Awareness
Chief's Corner: A Window of Opportunity—Use It Wisely During Your FIRC Renewal
ASI Safety Tip: Box the Controls
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 14 Issue 2 - CFItoCFI Newsletter—Volume 14 Issue 2
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 14 Issue 2 - CFI Notes
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 14 Issue 2 - From the Editor: Night Flying and Black Hole Departures
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 14 Issue 2 - 4
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 14 Issue 2 - Reduce Checkride Rejections—Implement Folder Audits
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 14 Issue 2 - 6
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 14 Issue 2 - 7
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 14 Issue 2 - 8
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 14 Issue 2 - 9
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 14 Issue 2 - ASI Message: Simple Stuff—What Am I Messing Up?
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 14 Issue 2 - 11
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 14 Issue 2 - CFI News
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 14 Issue 2 - 13
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 14 Issue 2 - 14
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 14 Issue 2 - 15
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 14 Issue 2 - CFI Tips: Building Block Benefits
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 14 Issue 2 - 17
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 14 Issue 2 - 18
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 14 Issue 2 - New CFI: What's the Rush?—Linger Longer at the Airport
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 14 Issue 2 - 20
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 14 Issue 2 - Checkride Checklist: DPE Answers for Students and CFIs
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 14 Issue 2 - 22
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 14 Issue 2 - 23
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 14 Issue 2 - Accident Case Study: Risk Stacking
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 14 Issue 2 - 25
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 14 Issue 2 - Chart Challenge: PAVE PAWS
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 14 Issue 2 - There I Was...: Nosewheel Nightmare
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 14 Issue 2 - You Can Fly: The 2024 Flight Training Experience Survey—Don't Miss Out!
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 14 Issue 2 - 29
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 14 Issue 2 - Safety Quiz: Spatial Disorientation
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 14 Issue 2 - CFI Tools: Teaching Collision Avoidance Part 2—Gamifying Situational Awareness
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 14 Issue 2 - 32
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 14 Issue 2 - Chief's Corner: A Window of Opportunity—Use It Wisely During Your FIRC Renewal
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 14 Issue 2 - 34
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 14 Issue 2 - 35
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CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 14 Issue 2 - ASI Safety Tip: Box the Controls
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